Nodilo families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Mljet. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and on the Island of Mljet. In Polače on the Island of Mljet every second inhabitant had the family name Nodilo.
Prevalence
About 80 people with faimily name Nodilo live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Polace on the Island of Mljet (25), Zagreb (25), Dubrovnik (20), and in Govedjari (<10) and Babino Polje (<10) on the Island of Mljet.
Outside Croatia
Family name Nodilo is present in five countries on two continents. The family name "Nodilo " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Austria.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.