Surname Dončević in modern Croatia

Dončević families are Croats and they are mostly from Cazma area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar and in Cazma area. In Blatnica in Cazma area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Dončević.

Prevalence

About 180 people with faimily name Dončević live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 310 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 28 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Blatnica in Cazma area (30), Nova Kapela in Vrbovec area (25), Bjelovar (20), and in Laminac in Cazma area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Dončević (including: Doncevic , Donchevich ) is present in 11 countries worldwide. The family name "Doncevic " is used by some 90 people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Australia. "Donchevich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Boris Dončević, Nikola Dončević, Damir Dončević, Branka Dončević, Tatjana Dončević, Milan Dončević, Dario Dončević, Dragan Dončević, Snježana Dončević, Ivan Dončević, Ivona Dončević, Katarina Dončević, Dubravka Dončević, Nikolina Dončević, Marina Dončević, Stjepan Dončević, Mladen Dončević, Srećko Dončević, Zlatko Dončević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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