Surname Dobranić in modern Croatia

Dobranić families are Croats and they are mostly from Cakovec. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Sisak. In Žiškovec in Cakovec every sixth inhabitant had the family name Dobranić.

Prevalence

About 370 people with faimily name Dobranić live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 330 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 44 other places, mostly in Karlovac (50), Zagreb (45), Cakovec (35), Mursko Sredisce (25), and in Sisak (20).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (1), Switzerland (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Dobranić (including: Dobranic , Dobranici and Dobranich ) is present in 14 countries on three continents. The family name "Dobranic " is used by some 80 people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Canada. "Dobranich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Igor Dobranić, Josip Dobranić, Tomislav Dobranić, Vesna Dobranić, Ivanka Dobranić, Renato Dobranić, Julio Dobranić, Mato Dobranić, Rudolf Dobranić, Vera Dobranić, Mladen Dobranić, Ivan Dobranić, Srećko Dobranić, Saša Dobranić, Denis Dobranić, Krešimir Dobranić, Branko Dobranić, Alen Dobranić, Jasminka Dobranić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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