Surname Vojvoda in modern Croatia

Vojvoda families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Mljet. According to some sources they are from Dubrovnik area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Dubrovnik. In Goveđari on the Island of Mljet every ninth inhabitant had the family name Vojvoda.

Prevalence

About 160 people with faimily name Vojvoda live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 21 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Dubrovnik (25), Kotoriba in Prelog area (20), Govedjari on the Island of Mljet (15), and in Varazdin (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Vojvoda (including: Voyvoda , Voivoda , Vaivoda , Vayvoda , Wajvoda , Voievoda , Wojwoda and Wajwoda ) is present in 29 countries worldwide. The family name "Vojvoda " is used by some 100 people in Albania , about 90 in the United States , and some 70 people in Czech Republic. "Voivoda " is used by small number of people in Mongolia , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Romania. "Vaivoda " is used by some 80 people in the United States and small number in Romania.

Characteristic first names

Jelena Vojvoda, Zlatko Vojvoda, Hrvoje Vojvoda, Rozana Vojvoda, Antun Vojvoda, Božidar Vojvoda, Marija Vojvoda, Danica Vojvoda, Mario Vojvoda, Ljudevit Vojvoda, Silvija Vojvoda, Lukša Vojvoda, Dragutin Vojvoda, Nikola Vojvoda, Josip Vojvoda, Stijepo Vojvoda, Ivo Vojvoda, Biserka Vojvoda, Željko Vojvoda

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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