Surname Predojević in modern Croatia

Predojević families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Obrovac , whereas often Croats (from Nova Gradiska ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Obrovac and Nova Gradiska. In Krupa in Obrovac every eighth inhabitant had the family name Predojević.

Prevalence

About 170 people with faimily name Predojević live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 100 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 20 cities and 28 other places, mostly in Zagreb (70), Rijeka (20), Nova Gradiska (<10), Sisak (<10), and in Bjelovar (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Predojević is present in 12 countries on four continents. The family name "Predojevic " is used by some 100 people in Belarus , small number in Germany , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Darko Predojević, Juraj Predojević, Katica Predojević, Dragan Predojević, Marinko Predojević, Anka Predojević, Ružica Predojević, Boris Predojević, Miroslav Predojević, Mario Predojević, Dane Predojević, Dario Predojević, Đurđica Predojević, Branko Predojević, Lucija Predojević, Maja Predojević, Nenad Predojević, Tamara Predojević, Mihajlo Predojević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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