In Croatia, Jadrijev families are Croats (from Zadar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and Dubrovnik.
Prevalence
About 60 people with faimily name Jadrijev live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in four Croatian counties and two other places, mostly in Zadar (30), in Poljana (<10) and Preko (<10) on the Island of Ugljan, Zagreb (<5), and in Split (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Jadrijev is present in three countries on two continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.