Surname Dugandžić in modern Croatia

Dugandžić families are Croats and they are mostly from Herzegovina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Citluk area) and in Herzegovina (Ljubuski area). In places Mali Ograđenik and Zvirovići in Herzegovina every fifth inhabitant had the family name Dugandžić.

Prevalence

About 570 people with faimily name Dugandžić live in Croatia today, in 220 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 39 cities and 51 other places, mostly in Zagreb (115), Komin (90), Metkovic (30), Slavonski Brod (25), and in Cepin in Osijek area (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 16 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (6), Germany (5), Switzerland (3), the United States (1), and to France (1).
Family name Dugandžić is present in 11 countries on three continents. The family name "Dugandzic " is used by some 400 people in Germany , about 400 in the United States , and some 200 people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Velimir Dugandžić, Vera Dugandžić, Nikola Dugandžić, Marko Dugandžić, Rade Dugandžić, Ivan Dugandžić, Ilija Dugandžić, Božo Dugandžić, Ana Dugandžić, Dane Dugandžić, Biserka Dugandžić, Želja Dugandžić, Marijan Dugandžić, Milenko Dugandžić, Renata Dugandžić, Mate Dugandžić, Patricia Dugandžić, Melanija Dugandžić, Vladimir Dugandžić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1933 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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