Zlodi families are Croats and they are mostly from Velika Gorica. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Samobor. In Šiljakovina in Velika Gorica every sixth inhabitant had the family name Zlodi.
Prevalence
About 300 people with faimily name Zlodi live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 300 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 23 other places, mostly in Strmec in Samobor area (75), Samobor (30), Velika Gorica (30), Zagreb (25), and in Siljakovina (15).
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.