Surname Mrđić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Mrđić families are predominantly Serbs, rarely Croats (from Sibenik area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Skradin and Sibenik.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Mrđić live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Plastovo (10), Primosten in Sibenik area (<5), and in Skradin (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Mrđić (including: Mrdic , Merdic , Mrdjic and Merdich ) is present in 11 countries on four continents. "Merdic " is used by some 200 people in Iraq and small number in the United States. "Merdich " is used by some 80 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Viktor Mrđić, Dolores Mrđić, Nikola Mrđić, Tomo Mrđić, Todor Mrđić, Vukosava Mrđić, Joka Mrđić, Mileva Mrđić, Milka Mrđić, Marinko Mrđić, Zorana Mrđić, Ratko Mrđić, Mirjana Mrđić, Tihomir Mrđić, Miodrag Mrđić, Svjetlana Mrđić, Zoran Mrđić, Alen Mrđić, Danijela Mrđić

Mentions in sources

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.

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