Dužević families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Hvar (Dol Sv. Marije). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and on the Island of Hvar. In Dol on the Island of Hvar every fourth inhabitant had the family name Dužević.
Prevalence
About 260 people with faimily name Dužević live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Split (95), Stari Grad on the Island of Hvar (75), Zagreb (25), Dubrovnik (20), and in Korcula on the Island of Korcula (15).
Outside Croatia
Family name Dužević (including: Duzevic , Duzevich ) is present in 10 countries on four continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.