Surname Medved in modern Croatia

Medved families are Croats and they are mostly from Slunj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slunj area and in Zagreb. In places Šiljkovača and Kestenje in Slunj area every second inhabitant had the family name Medved.

Prevalence

About 2200 people with faimily name Medved live in Croatia today, in 880 households. There were 2100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 69 cities and 258 other places, mostly in Zagreb (275), Slatina (70), Karlovac (65), Varazdin (65), and in Cakovec (65).

Outside Croatia

At least 38 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (17), the United States (7), Canada (6), Germany (6), Austria (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Medved is present in 50 countries worldwide. The family name "Medved " is used by some 10000 people in Russian Federation , about 10000 in Ukraine , and some 3000 people in the United States. "Medwed " is used by some 200 people in Germany , about 200 in Austria , and some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Damir Medved, Ana Medved, Zemira Medved, Ivan Medved, Danica Medved, Igor Medved, Dubravka Medved, Diana Medved, Ljiljana Medved, Nataša Medved, Radovan Medved, Vladimir Medved, Branko Medved, Vesna Medved, Siniša Medved, Krešimir Medved, Pero Medved, Franjo Medved, Zoran Medved

Mentions in sources

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

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