Surname Mandić in modern Croatia

Mandić families are often Croats and they are mostly from Tuzla Region (Bosnia). According to some sources they are from Boke Kotorske, rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Doboj, Bosnia (Doboj area). In Lise in Herzegovina every second inhabitant had the family name Mandić.

Prevalence

About 5700 people with faimily name Mandić live in Croatia today, in 2400 households. There were 4300 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 106 cities and 495 other places, mostly in Zagreb (1100), Split (325), Osijek (170), Zadar (155), and in Rijeka (155).

Outside Croatia

At least 83 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (33), the United States (18), Australia (8), Austria (5), France (5), the United Kingdom (3), Sweden (3), the Netherlands (3), Switzerland (2), Canada (2), and to Norway (1).
Family name Mandić (including: Mandich , Mandic , Mandici , Mandiche , Mandichev , Mandichak , Mandick , Mandics , Mandicz and Mandicha ) is present in 58 countries worldwide. The family name "Mandic " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 500 in Germany , and some 200 people in Iraq. "Mandich " is used by some 900 people in the United States , about 400 in Italy , and some 100 people in South Africa. "Mandicz " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ante Mandić, Ivica Mandić, Zlatko Mandić, Zoran Mandić, Nikola Mandić, Dino Mandić, Igor Mandić, Oleg Mandić, Magda Mandić, Petar Mandić, Miroslav Mandić, Vladimir Mandić, Božica Mandić, Ivan Mandić, Vlasta Mandić, Ivo Mandić, Andrej Mandić, David Mandić, Dubravka Mandić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned about one hundred times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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