Prendivoj families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Krk. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Krk and in Rijeka. In places Brusići and Bajčići on the Island of Krk every fifth inhabitant had the family name Prendivoj.
Prevalence
About 100 people with faimily name Prendivoj live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in four Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Nenadici (35), Malinska (<10), Bajcici (<10) and Poljica (<10) on the Island of Krk, and in Zagreb (<10).
Outside Croatia
At least 11 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (7), Canada (2), and to Argentina (2). Family name Prendivoj is present in 6 countries on three continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1929 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.