In Croatia, Špendić families are Croats (from Novska ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Novska and Pakrac.
Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Špendić live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent. They are located in threee Croatian counties and four other places, mostly in Stara Subocka (15), Nova Subocka (10), Novska (<10), Zagreb (<10), and in Ilova (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Špendić (including: Spendic , Spendick ) is present in three countries on two continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.