Find out how popular the last name Obradovich is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Obradovich.

Obradovich, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Obradovich surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Obradovich in America

Obradovich is the 40745th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Obradovich surname appeared 536 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Obradovich.

We can also compare 2010 data for Obradovich to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Obradovich

The surname Obradovich originates from the Serbian region of what is now modern-day Serbia and Montenegro. It is believed to have emerged in the late 14th or early 15th century, derived from the Serbian given name Obrad, which itself comes from the Slavic words "obraditi" meaning "to cultivate" or "to work the land".

Obradovich was initially predominant in rural areas where agriculture was a primary occupation. The name likely signified a family engaged in farming or working the land. Some of the earliest recorded instances of the surname can be found in church records and land registries from the 16th and 17th centuries in regions such as Vojvodina and central Serbia.

One of the earliest documented individuals with the surname Obradovich was Petar Obradovich, a Serbian farmer who lived in the village of Sremski Karlovci in the late 16th century. Another notable early bearer of the name was Marko Obradovich, a Serbian Orthodox priest who served in the town of Šid in the 1670s.

As the Serbian population migrated and settled in other parts of the Balkans and beyond, the surname spread to neighboring regions such as Croatia, Bosnia, and Montenegro. In the 19th century, Obradovich became more widely dispersed due to economic and political factors, with families bearing the name settling in other parts of Europe, North America, and Australia.

Among the more prominent individuals with the surname Obradovich throughout history are Radovan Obradovich (1892-1976), a Serbian-American artist and painter known for his landscapes and portraits; Milica Obradovich (1899-1983), a Serbian writer and activist who advocated for women's rights and education; and Miloš Obradovich (1923-2011), a renowned Serbian chess grandmaster and author of several books on chess theory and strategy.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Obradovich

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Obradovich.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Obradovich was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Obradovich has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Obradovich was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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