Surname Kedžo in modern Croatia

Kedžo families are Croats and they are mostly from Drnis area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Drnis area and in Split. In Ostrogašica in Drnis area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Kedžo.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Kedžo live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Sibenik (30), Split (25), Zagreb (<10), Rijeka (<10), and in Kastel Stari (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kedžo (including: Cedo , Kedzo , Keddo , Kedo , Kedoh , Khedoo , Kedho , Kedoo , Keedo and Kheedo ) is present in 60 countries worldwide. The family name "Kedzo " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Keedo " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Kheedo " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nikša Kedžo, Mate Kedžo, Dijana Kedžo, Ivan Kedžo, Vedrana Kedžo, Ivana Kedžo, Joso Kedžo, Jasmina Kedžo, Desa Kedžo, Zdravko Kedžo, Eleonora Kedžo, Stipe Kedžo, Ivo Kedžo, Josip Kedžo, Nediljka Kedžo, Anita Kedžo, Ljiljana Kedžo, Zdravka Kedžo, Marija Kedžo

Mentions in sources

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.

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