Surname Džakula in modern Croatia

Džakula families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from east Herzegovina , often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in East Herzegovina (Stolac area) and in Glina area. In Pješivac - Greda in East Herzegovina every seventh inhabitant had the family name Džakula.

Prevalence

About 210 people with faimily name Džakula live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 280 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 23 cities and 34 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Slavsko Polje in Glina area (15), Dubrovnik (15), Djakovo (15), and in Sisak (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Džakula (including: Dzakula , Dacula , Dakula , Dhakula and Dakkula ) is present in 13 countries worldwide. "Dacula " is used by some 3000 people in the Philippines , about 200 in Sudan , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Aleksandar Džakula, Rodoljub Džakula, Nikola Džakula, Franjo Džakula, Željko Džakula, Marinko Džakula, Jagoda Džakula, Damjan Džakula, Vinka Džakula, Zoran Džakula, Dejan Džakula, Zlatko Džakula, Jakov Džakula, Višnja Džakula, Pavica Džakula, Slaven Džakula, Gabrijela Džakula, Boško Džakula, Goran Džakula

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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