Surname Medančić in modern Croatia

Medančić families are Croats the family name originates from Labin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Labin area. In places Medančići and Cvitići in Labin area every third inhabitant had the family name Medančić.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Medančić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are only located in in 9 Croatian cities and 7 other places, mostly in Pula (30), Medancici in Labin area (25), Pazin (<10), Rijeka (<10), and in Cvitici in Labin area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (2), Australia (2), and to Argentina (1).
Family name Medančić (including: Medancic , Medancich and Medanchic ) is present in 6 countries on four continents. The family name "Medancic " is used by small number of people in Djibouti , small number of people in the United States , and small number of people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Dalibor Medančić, Zdravko Medančić, Andrija Medančić, Mario Medančić, Bogdan Medančić, Nevio Medančić, Roko Medančić, Bruno Medančić, Ružica Medančić, Goran Medančić, Eđidio Medančić, Dušan Medančić, Aleksandra Medančić, Branko Medančić, Valdi Medančić, Franjo Medančić, Zoran Medančić, Vilko Medančić, Vilim Medančić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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