Dihovo is attested in the Ottoman defter of 1467/68 as a village in the vilayet of Manastir. The inhabitants attested largely bore mixed Slavic-Albaniananthroponyms, such as Pejo son of Gerg, Dabzhiv Gugur, Dimitri, son of Grnçar, Andreja Martin etc.[1]
In the early 19th century population of Dihovo was populated by Tosks, a subgroup of southern Albanians.[2]
At the outbreak of the Balkan War in 1912, 3 people from Dihovo were volunteers in the Macedonian-Edirne militia. The village remained in Serbia after the Inter-Allied War in 1913.
In 1961 the village had 686 inhabitants.
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 310 inhabitants.[5] Ethnic groups in the village include:[5]
Dihovo is a Macedonian village.
In 1951, the families in village were:[6]
Plosnikovci (24 houses) the oldest family in the village, originally from the village of Ivanjevci
Skubevci (14 houses) originally from the village of Lera, Bitola
Toncevci (7 houses) originally from a village near Korce in Albania. They think that their ancestors were orthodox Albanians, but mixed with orthodox Macedonians, and now speak only Macedonian
Garagadzinja (5 houses) originally from the village of Gneotino
Karafilovci (5 houses) originally from the village of Oreovo, near Bukovo
Cvetkovi (3 houses) originally from the village of Drmeni in Prespa
Prespani (5 houses) originally from the village of Brajcino in Prespa
Jankulovci (2 houses)
Janevci (13 houses)
Gluvcevi (11 houses)
Temelkovci (6 houses)
Savini (6 houses)
Bogojevci (5 houses)
Vuckovi (5 houses)
Kotovci (4 houses)
Damevci (2 houses) all of them with unknown origin. All settled in Dhivovo in the 19th century.
References
^Murati, Qemal (2022). "EMRA VETJAKË TË PROVENIENCËS SHQIPTARE NË VILAJETIN E MANASTIRIT NË DRITËN E DEFTERËVE OSMANË TË SHEK. XV". Studime Albanologjike. ITSH: 35. DIHOVO Pejo, i biri i Gerg-it; Dabizhiv Gugur (regjistruar Krkur); Andreja Martin; Dimitri, i biri i Andreja-s; Dimitri, i biri i Mihal-it; Dimitri, i biri i Grnçar-it.
^Indogermanische Gesellschaft (1929). Indogermanisches Jahrbuch, Vol. 13. Karl J. Trübner. p. 183. "Monastir (Bitol) auch für das Studium des Alb. geeignet: Ostrec (11 km von Monastir), Zlokućani haben geg., Dihovo, Bratindol, Magarevo, Ramna, Kažani, Dolenci, Lera, Crnovec, Drevenik, Murgašovo tosk. Bevölkerung. Die tosk."