Surname Vojvodić in modern Croatia

Vojvodić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Vrbovca area. According to some sources they are from Dubrovnik, often Serbs, and very rarely Montenegrins. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Benkovac. In places Parčić and Neteka in Knin area every third inhabitant had the family name Vojvodić.

Prevalence

About 940 people with faimily name Vojvodić live in Croatia today, in 470 households. There were 1400 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 48 cities and 105 other places, mostly in Zagreb (155), Rijeka (50), Zadar (45), Kukljica on the Island of Ugljan (35), and in Osijek (35).

Outside Croatia

At least 17 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (6), the United States (4), Germany (3), Switzerland (2), Norway (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Vojvodić (including: Vojvodich , Vojvodic , Voivodic , Voyvodich , Voyvodic and Voivodich ) is present in 29 countries worldwide. The family name "Vojvodic " is used by some 90 people in the United States , about 90 in Germany , and some 90 people in Libya. "Vojvodich " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 60 in Peru , and small number of people in Australia. "Voyvodich " is used by some 70 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Alan Vojvodić, Orhideja Vojvodić, Igor Vojvodić, Milan Vojvodić, Tomislav Vojvodić, Željko Vojvodić, Katija Vojvodić, Hrvoje Vojvodić, Vanja Vojvodić, Jasmina Vojvodić, Denis Vojvodić, Vjeročka Vojvodić, Siniša Vojvodić, Jasnica Vojvodić, Saša Vojvodić, Zdenko Vojvodić, Davor Vojvodić, Luka Vojvodić, Antonijo Vojvodić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1750 in source 18th Century Census.

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