Surname Medanić in modern Croatia

Medanić families are Croats and they are mostly from Zadar. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Medanić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Zadar (30), Rijeka (25), Zagreb (<10), Cavtat in Dubrovnik area (<5), and in Mali Iz (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (2), Australia (1), Argentina (1), and to Austria (1).
Family name Medanić (including: Medanic , Medanich ) is present in 9 countries worldwide. The family name "Medanic " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Australia , and small number of people in Chile. "Medanich " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Ivica Medanić, Barbara Medanić, Miloš Medanić, Marina Medanić, Zoran Medanić, Ratko Medanić, Sorita Medanić, Teodor Medanić, Danijel Medanić, Damir Medanić, Majda Medanić, Erika Medanić, Martin Medanić, Leonard Medanić, Goran Medanić, Lada Medanić, Đulijana Medanić, Edi Medanić, Lucija Medanić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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