Surname Vidović in modern Croatia

Vidović families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Trogir area. According to some sources they are from east Herzegovina (Popovo polje), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Western Bosnia (Livno area). In Sevid in Trogir area nearly every inhabitant had the family name Vidović.

Prevalence

About 6600 people with faimily name Vidović live in Croatia today, in 2800 households. There were 4000 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 110 cities and 605 other places, mostly in Zagreb (885), Split (555), Rijeka (205), Sesvete (150), and in Slavonski Brod (130).

Outside Croatia

At least 127 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (52), Australia (22), the United States (15), Austria (12), Switzerland (8), Canada (6), Sweden (6), South Africa (2), Finland (1), the Netherlands (1), Japan (1), and to France (1).
Family name Vidović (including: Vidovic , Vidovich , Vidovics and Widovic ) is present in 51 countries worldwide. The family name "Vidovic " is used by some 3000 people in Germany , about 900 in the United States , and some 700 people in Bolivia. "Vidovich " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 100 in Australia , and small number of people in Uruguay. "Vidovics " is used by some 200 people in Hungary , small number in Italy , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Slavko Vidović, Rodoljub Vidović, Davorko Vidović, Mladan Vidović, Sanja Vidović, Jelena Vidović, Mandica Vidović, Jerko Vidović, Maja Vidović, Gordan Vidović, Niko Vidović, Sandra Vidović, Mladen Vidović, Robert Vidović, Ivica Vidović, Davor Vidović, Andrija Vidović, Vesna Vidović, Ante Vidović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned about one hundred times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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