Surname Zdešić in modern Croatia

Zdešić families are Croats and they are mostly from Vinkovci area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Zlatar.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Zdešić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Zlatar-Bistrica in Oroslavje area (<10), Strazanac in Daruvar area (<10), Andrijasevci in Vinkovci area (<10), and in Daruvar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Zdešić is present in three countries.

Characteristic first names

Josip Zdešić, Vedran Zdešić, Tomislav Zdešić, Grozdana Zdešić, Snježana Zdešić, Katarina Zdešić, Mario Zdešić, Marica Zdešić, Alen Zdešić, Ivan Zdešić, Barbara Zdešić, Irenka Zdešić, Branko Zdešić, Djuro Zdešić, Zorica Zdešić, Irma Zdešić, Livio Zdešić, Željka Zdešić, Marina Zdešić

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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