Surname Brajević in modern Croatia

Brajević families are Croats and they are mostly from Dubrovnik area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Dubrovnik. In Mikulići in Dubrovnik area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Brajević.

Prevalence

About 140 people with faimily name Brajević live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and 11 other places, mostly in Split (65), Dubrovnik (30), Zagreb (15), and in Mikulici (10) and Plocice (<10) in Dubrovnik area.

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Brajević (including: Brajevic , Brajevich ) is present in 12 countries on four continents. The family name "Brajevic " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Australia , and small number of people in Austria. "Brajevich " is used by some 80 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zoran Brajević, Marko Brajević, Ivo Brajević, Iva Brajević, Marlon Brajević, Ivuša Brajević, Marija Brajević, Dragica Brajević, Antun Brajević, Miho Brajević, Dunja Brajević, Pero Brajević, Suzi Brajević, Anita Brajević, Adriana Brajević, Ivana Brajević, Zdenka Brajević, Mihovil Brajević, Gordana Brajević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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