Medo families are Croats and they are mostly from western Bosnia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Western Bosnia (Livno area) and in Dubrovnik. In Strupnić in Western Bosnia every eighth inhabitant had the family name Medo.
Prevalence
About 90 people with faimily name Medo live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Vinkovci (20), Dubrovnik (15), Sibenik (10), and in Cavtat in Dubrovnik area (<10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.