Surname Pedić in modern Croatia

Pedić families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Novigrada , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Novigrad and Zadar.

Prevalence

About 430 people with faimily name Pedić live in Croatia today, in 160 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 22 other places, mostly in Pridraga in Novigrad Area in Dalmatia (190), Zadar (135), Rijeka (30), Vinkovci (20), and in Jaksic in Pozega area (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pedić (including: Pedic , Pedich , Pedych and Pedick ) is present in 12 countries on four continents. The family name "Pedic " is used by some 70 people in Australia and small number in the United States. "Pedick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Žana Pedić, Damir Pedić, Ante Pedić, Marin Pedić, Saša Pedić, Mirko Pedić, Tomislav Pedić, Dragana Pedić, Ive Pedić, Slavko Pedić, Grozdana Pedić, Đorđe Pedić, Zorka Pedić, Jelena Pedić, Jurica Pedić, Mile Pedić, Goran Pedić, Filip Pedić, Marijana Pedić

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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