Surname Nadoveza in modern Croatia

Nadoveza families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Skradin , whereas often Croats (from Sibenik ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and Skradin. In Ićevo in Skradin every seventh inhabitant had the family name Nadoveza.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Nadoveza live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Sibenik (35), Beli Manastir (10), Split (<10), Osijek (<10), and in Rijeka (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Nadoveza is present in four countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Ozren Nadoveza, Slavica Nadoveza, Josip Nadoveza, Dragan Nadoveza, Ana Nadoveza, Željko Nadoveza, Petar Nadoveza, Otilija Nadoveza, Venera Nadoveza, Pero Nadoveza, Branka Nadoveza, Gordan Nadoveza, Stana Nadoveza, Darko Nadoveza, Marijana Nadoveza, Boris Nadoveza, Marina Nadoveza, Brane Nadoveza, Ozana Nadoveza

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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