Surname Dorontić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Dorontić families are mainly Croats (from Pozega ), less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pozega and in Pozega area. In Kantrovci in Pozega area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Dorontić.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Dorontić live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Zadar (<10), Pozega (<10), Zaluznica in Otocac area (<5), and in Kantrovci in Pozega area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Dorontić (including: Dorontic , Dorontich ) is present in 6 countries on three continents. "Dorontich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Siniša Dorontić, Zoran Dorontić, Silvana Dorontić, Igor Dorontić, Đuro Dorontić, Radmila Dorontić, Jasna Dorontić, Borka Dorontić, Mirela Dorontić, Marinela Dorontić, Snežana Dorontić, Miroslav Dorontić, Milan Dorontić, Ivanka Dorontić, Mile Dorontić, Ivka Dorontić, Slavko Dorontić, Nenad Dorontić, Svjetlana Dorontić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1926 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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