Surname Dude in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Dude families are almost entirely Croats (from Solin ), barely Italians (from Bakr area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Solin.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Dude live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties and threee other places, mostly in Solin (40), Split (20), Rijeka (<5), Sodici in Bakr area (<5), and in Podstrana in Solin area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Dude (including: Dudhe , Dudde , Dhude , Duede , Dudhee , Dudee , Dudeh , Duude and Duddhe ) is present in 91 countries worldwide. The family name "Dude " is used by some 8000 people in Pakistan , about 4000 in Bangladesh , and some 2000 people in the United States. "Duede " is used by some 100 people in the United States. "Dudde " is used by some 300 people in Germany , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Colombia.

Characteristic first names

Neven Dude, Bojana Dude, Dražen Dude, Dragan Dude, Ana Dude, Dobroslav Dude, Zoran Dude, Silvija Dude, Nelica Dude, Maja Dude, Nada Dude, Berislav Dude, Antonela Dude, Natalija Dude, Pero Dude, Smiljana Dude, Mirjana Dude, Željko Dude, Emilijo Dude

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1930 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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