Surname Mardešić in modern Croatia

Mardešić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Vis. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and on the Island of Vis.

Prevalence

About 300 people with faimily name Mardešić live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 450 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Komiza on the Island of Vis (160), Split (75), Zagreb (50), Pula (15), and in Kastel Stari (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least 34 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (15), Australia (9), France (4), Canada (4), Switzerland (1), and to Finland (1).
Family name Mardešić (including: Mardesic , Mardesich and Mardessich ) is present in 15 countries on four continents. The family name "Mardesic " is used by some 90 people in Australia , about 60 in the United States , and some 50 people in Chile. "Mardesich " is used by some 600 people in the United States and about 500 in Bolivia.

Characteristic first names

Duško Mardešić, Ivo Mardešić, Ante Mardešić, Josip Mardešić, Darko Mardešić, Maja Mardešić, Sandra Mardešić, Goran Mardešić, Nikola Mardešić, Iva Mardešić, Kristina Mardešić, Ivica Mardešić, Bartol Mardešić, Jagoda Mardešić, Dragan Mardešić, Ivana Mardešić, Barbara Mardešić, Elza Mardešić, Vinka Mardešić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1928 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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