Surname Bratović in modern Croatia

Bratović families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Porec , rarely Italians (also from Porec ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Porec and Pula. In Bratovići in Porec every second inhabitant had the family name Bratović.

Prevalence

About 340 people with faimily name Bratović live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 370 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 36 other places, mostly in Podgradina in Zadar area (25), Zadar (25), Sapjane in Opatija area (20), Porec (20), and in Bratovici (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 14 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (8), Canada (2), France (1), Sweden (1), the United States (1), and to Argentina (1).
Family name Bratović (including: Bratovic , Bratovich , Bratowicz and Brattovich ) is present in 19 countries worldwide. "Bratovich " is used by some 100 people in Italy , about 100 in Argentina , and some 80 people in the United States. "Bratowicz " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Bratović, Emil Bratović, Boris Bratović, Valter Bratović, Milan Bratović, Denis Bratović, Dario Bratović, Krunoslav Bratović, Franko Bratović, Željko Bratović, Ljubica Bratović, Cvetko Bratović, Karla Bratović, Dragica Bratović, Eugen Bratović, Jadranka Bratović, Andrija Bratović, Loredana Bratović, Sandra Bratović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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