Surname Dužić in modern Croatia

Dužić families are Croats and they are mostly from Dugi (Long) Island. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sisak and on Dugi, Long Island.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Dužić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Sisak (30), Donje Komarevo (10), Zadar (<10), Jastrebarsko (<10), and in Gornje Komarevo (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Dužić (including: Duzic , Duzich , Duzick and Duzhich ) is present in 13 countries on three continents. The family name "Duzic " is used by some 50 people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Chile. "Duzich " is used by some 80 people in the United States. "Duzick " is used by some 60 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marijan Dužić, Josip Dužić, Lidija Dužić, Zvonko Dužić, Dražen Dužić, Željko Dužić, Domagoj Dužić, Milka Dužić, Ivana Dužić, Marijana Dužić, Silva Dužić, Katica Dužić, Branko Dužić, Nada Dužić, Ivan Dužić, Ivica Dužić, Mario Dužić, Anita Dužić, Tatjana Dužić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1928 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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