Surname Varvodić in modern Croatia

Varvodić families are Croats and they are mostly from Sinj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sinj area and in Osijek. In Rože in Sinj area every second inhabitant had the family name Varvodić.

Prevalence

About 300 people with faimily name Varvodić live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 230 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 26 other places, mostly in Split (85), Osijek (30), Roze in Sinj area (30), Prugovo in Solin area (20), and in Vinkovci (15).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to South Africa (2) and the United States (1).
Family name Varvodić is present in 6 countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Đuđrđica Varvodić, Jurica Varvodić, Ivanka Varvodić, Ivica Varvodić, Ivan Varvodić, Stjepan Varvodić, Mladenka Varvodić, Darija Varvodić, Nevenko Varvodić, Marin Varvodić, Luka Varvodić, Marina Varvodić, Nediljko Varvodić, Vladimir Varvodić, Bože Varvodić, Marija Varvodić, Ante Varvodić, Mara Varvodić, Elvira Varvodić

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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