Govedić families are Croats and they are mostly from Mursko Sredisce area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slovenia and in Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 70 people with faimily name Govedić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Trnovec in Varazdin area (10), Donje Brezno in Pregrada area (<10), Belisce (<10), and in Druskovec Gora in Pregrada area (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Govedić (including: Govedic , Govedich ) is present in 7 countries on four continents. "Govedich " is used by small number of people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.