Marendić families are Croats and they are mostly from Sinj. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sinj and Split.
Prevalence
About 210 people with faimily name Marendić live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Obrovac Sinjski (60), Split (45), Zagreb (45), Osijek (15), and in Slatina (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Marendić is present in 6 countries on three continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.