In Croatia, Dobrečević families are mainly Croats (from Hrvatska Kostajnica ), less frequently Serbs, and barely Slovenes (from Slovenia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Hrvatska Kostajnica area and in Zagreb. In Lotine in Hrvatska Kostajnica area every third inhabitant had the family name Dobrečević.
Prevalence
About 60 people with faimily name Dobrečević live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and 9 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Sisak (10), Lotine in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (10), Hrvatska Kostajnica (<10), and in Sesvete (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Dobrečević is present in 6 countries on two continents.
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.