Gurdulić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Hvar. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Hvar and in Split. In Vrisnik on the Island of Hvar every seventh inhabitant had the family name Gurdulić.
Prevalence
About 80 people with faimily name Gurdulić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent. They are located and two other Croatian places, mostly in Jelsa (40) and Vrisnik (20) on the Island of Hvar, Zagreb (15), Split (<5), and in Dubrovnik (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Gurdulić (including: Gurdulic , Gurdulich ) is present in 7 countries on three continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.