Surname Đurđević in modern Croatia

Đurđević families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Grubisno Polje area , also Serbs, very rarely Roms (also from Beli Manastir area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Osijek. In Gradac Našički in Nasice every third inhabitant had the family name Đurđević.

Prevalence

About 1900 people with faimily name Đurđević live in Croatia today, in 840 households. There were 1400 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 84 cities and 214 other places, mostly in Zagreb (250), Bjelovar (130), Virovitica (70), Slavonski Brod (60), and in Rijeka (60).

Outside Croatia

At least 29 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (8), Austria (7), France (4), the United Kingdom (4), Canada (3), Belgium (1), the United States (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Đurđević (including: Durdevic , Djurdjevic , Giurgevich , Gjurgjevic , Durdevich , Djurdjevich , Gjurgevich and Djurdevic ) is present in 30 countries worldwide. The family name "Djurdjevic " is used by some 200 people in Germany , about 100 in the United States , and some 100 people in Austria. "Durdevich " is used by few people in the United States. "Djurdjevich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Davor Đurđević, Vlado Đurđević, Ivo Đurđević, Ljiljana Đurđević, Dragan Đurđević, Snježana Đurđević, Vladimir Đurđević, Siniša Đurđević, Miloš Đurđević, Tihomir Đurđević, Borislav Đurđević, Zlata Đurđević, Šimo Đurđević, Slobodan Đurđević, Alen Đurđević, Medea Đurđević, Srećko Đurđević, Stevo Đurđević, Dušan Đurđević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned about one hundred times, the first time 1683 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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