Surname Medović in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Medović families are Croats (from Peljesac Peninsula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosnian Krajina (Teslic area) and in Dubrovnik. In Barići in Bosnian Krajina every seventh inhabitant had the family name Medović.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Medović live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, four cities and 5 other places, mostly in Kuna Peljeska on the Peljesac peninsula (30), Zagreb (15), Zadar (<10), Dubrovnik (<10), and in Sesvete (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Medović (including: Medovic , Medovich ) is present in 15 countries worldwide. The family name "Medovic " is used by some 200 people in Slovakia , about 70 in Chile , and some 60 people in the United States. "Medovich " is used by some 200 people in the United States and small number in Russian Federation.

Characteristic first names

Srđan Medović, Zdenko Medović, Ivana Medović, Celestin Medović, Željka Medović, Ruža Medović, Dijana Medović, Artur Medović, Nada Medović, Edo Medović, Josip Medović, Miroslav Medović, Mara Medović, Roberto Medović, Anto Medović, Drago Medović, Franjo Medović, Željko Medović, Milena Medović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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