Drndić families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Pazin , rarely Bosniaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pazin and Pula. In Butoniga in Pazin every sixth inhabitant had the family name Drndić.
Prevalence
About 90 people with faimily name Drndić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Pazin (35), Pula (10), Zagreb (<10), Cerovlje in Pazin area (<10), and in Potpican in Labin area (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Drndić (including: Drndic , Derndich ) is present in 6 countries on two continents. The family name "Drndic " is used by small number of people in Estonia and small number of 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 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.