Dodik families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Vares area) and in Middle Bosnia (Sarajevo area).
Prevalence
About 190 people with faimily name Dodik live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 30 cities and 24 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Knin (30), Rijeka (15), Osijek (<10), and in Metkovic (<10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.