In Croatia, Kiriđija families are Croats (from Peljesac Peninsula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on Peljesac Peninsula.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Kiriđija live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in only four Croatian places: in Potomje on the Peljesac peninsula (<5), Split (<5), Dubrovnik (<5), and in Momici in Opuzen area (<5).