Surname Dobraš in modern Croatia

Dobraš families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Daruvar area , but often Croats. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Daruvar area and in Zagreb. In places Dobra Kuća and Katinac in Daruvar area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Dobraš.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Dobraš live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Daruvar (10), Katinac in Daruvar area (10), Velika Gorica (<10), and in Dobra Kuca in Daruvar area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (1), Finland (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Dobraš (including: Dobras , Dobrash , Dobrasz , Doberass and Dobrass ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. The family name "Dobras " is used by some 700 people in Poland , about 300 in the United States , and some 200 people in Romania. "Dobrash " is used by small number of people in Russian Federation , small number in Ukraine , and small number of people in the United States. "Dobrasz " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Poland.

Characteristic first names

Branka Dobraš, Dražen Dobraš, Ljiljana Dobraš, Zdravko Dobraš, Petar Dobraš, Marko Dobraš, Đurđa Dobraš, Milan Dobraš, Milivoj Dobraš, Aida Dobraš, Tomislav Dobraš, Siniša Dobraš, Mirjana Dobraš, Mile Dobraš, Ranko Dobraš, Irena Dobraš, Mladen Dobraš, Savo Dobraš, Nenad Dobraš

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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