In Croatia, Doder families are predominantly Croats (from Middle Bosnia ), rarely Serbs, and very rarely Slovenes. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Krizevci. In Kokorina in East Herzegovina every sixth inhabitant had the family name Doder.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Doder live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved. They are located in five Croatian cities only: in Split (<10), Zagreb (<5), Varazdin (<5), Osijek (<5), and in Solin (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Doder is present in 9 countries on four continents. The family name "Doder " is used by some 80 people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Dodder " is used by some 200 people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1933 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.