Surname Đorđević in modern Croatia

Đorđević families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Kosovo , often Serbs, very rarely Roms (from Slavonski Brod ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Kosovo and in Serbia.

Prevalence

About 830 people with faimily name Đorđević live in Croatia today, in 360 households. There were 270 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 58 cities and 95 other places, mostly in Zagreb (100), Slavonski Brod (50), Djulovac in Daruvar area (45), Bjelovar (35), and in Pula (35).

Outside Croatia

At least 17 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (5), Germany (3), Austria (3), the Netherlands (1), Sweden (1), Switzerland (1), France (1), Canada (1), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Đorđević (including: Dordevic , Djordjevic , Gjorgjevic , Djordjevich , Dordevich , Dordjevic , Giorgevich , Djordevic , Giorgievich and Giorgievic ) is present in 59 countries worldwide. The family name "Djordjevic " is used by some 800 people in the United States , about 800 in Germany , and some 300 people in Austria. "Dordevic " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 200 in France , and some 200 people in the United States. "Gjorgjevic " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Veljko Đorđević, Maja Đorđević, Igor Đorđević, Rade Đorđević, Gordana Đorđević, Nenad Đorđević, Predrag Đorđević, Mina Đorđević, Dražen Đorđević, Vedran Đorđević, Andriena Đorđević, Zoran Đorđević, Barbara Đorđević, Aleksandar Đorđević, Mile Đorđević, Miljenko Đorđević, Anita Đorđević, Darja Đorđević, Mitar Đorđević, Miroslav Đorđević, Dubravka Đorđević, Ivan Đorđević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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