In Croatia, Hendić families are Croats (from Dubrovnik area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Hendić live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are only located in in one Croatian city and 5 other places, mostly in Dubravka in Dubrovnik area (15), Dubrovnik (<10), and in Mlini (<5), Cavtat (<5) and Petraca (<5) in Dubrovnik area.
Outside Croatia
Family name Hendić (including: Hendic , Hendick ) is present in four countries on three continents. "Hendick " is used by few people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.