Vodopija families are Croats and they are mostly from Buzet. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Dubrovnik. In Račički Brijeg in Buzet every second inhabitant had the family name Vodopija.
Prevalence
About 780 people with faimily name Vodopija live in Croatia today, in 320 households. There were 940 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 40 cities and 67 other places, mostly in Zagreb (215), Jakovlje in Zapresic area (35), Murter on the Island of Murter (30), Varazdin (25), and in Sveti Filip i Jakov in Biograd na moru area (25).
Outside Croatia
Family name Vodopija is present in 13 countries on four continents. The family name "Vodopija " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Germany.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1683 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.