Surname Medvedec in modern Croatia

Medvedec families are Croats and they are mostly from Krapina. According to some sources they are from Klanjca. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Varazdin.

Prevalence

About 330 people with faimily name Medvedec live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 300 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 28 cities and 46 other places, mostly in Zagreb (105), Osijek (15), Lepajci (15), Piscanovec (15), and in Kutina (10).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Australia (2) and the United States (1).
Family name Medvedec is present in 7 countries on three continents. The family name "Medvedec " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Medvedez " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nedeljko Medvedec, Željko Medvedec, Robert Medvedec, Mario Medvedec, Stiven Medvedec, Josip Medvedec, Krunoslav Medvedec, Ivan Medvedec, Mihovil Medvedec, Vedran Medvedec, Srećko Medvedec, Dražen Medvedec, Danijela Medvedec, Branko Medvedec, Ivana Medvedec, Zdenko Medvedec, Biserka Medvedec, Nada Medvedec, Ivica Medvedec

Mentions in sources

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

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