In Croatia, Bračević families are Croats (from Krapina area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Krapina and in Krapina area.
Prevalence
About 60 people with faimily name Bračević live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in only five naselja i to in Krapina (25), in Slatina Svedruska (20) and Stuparje (10) in Krapina area, Zagreb (<10), and in Graberje Ivanicko (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Bračević (including: Bracevic , Bracevich ) is present in three countries.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.