Surname Dujić in modern Croatia

Dujić families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Knin area. According to some sources they are from Novi Travnik area (Bosnia), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Knin area and in Skradin. In Ićevo in Skradin nearly every inhabitant had the family name Dujić.

Prevalence

About 1100 people with faimily name Dujić live in Croatia today, in 450 households. There were 380 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 55 cities and 88 other places, mostly in Zagreb (200), Zadar (150), Sibenik (60), Vinkovci (50), and in Split (40).

Outside Croatia

Family name Dujić (including: Dujic , Duyich ) is present in 20 countries worldwide. The family name "Dujic " is used by some 80 people in Switzerland , small number in the United States , and small number of people in the Netherlands.

Characteristic first names

Željko Dujić, Marko Dujić, Andrija Dujić, Nevenka Dujić, Franjo Dujić, Dragan Dujić, Blaž Dujić, Tvrtko Dujić, Ana Dujić, Goran Dujić, Boris Dujić, Vasija Dujić, Antun Dujić, Dario Dujić, Miro Dujić, Mario Dujić, Josip Dujić, Zdravko Dujić, Ante Dujić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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