Surname Dobrenić in modern Croatia

Dobrenić families are Croats and they are mostly from Glina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Glina and Sisak. In places Donja Bučica , Gornja Bučica and Donje Taborište in Glina every sixth inhabitant had the family name Dobrenić.

Prevalence

About 250 people with faimily name Dobrenić live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 320 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 30 other places, mostly in Velika Gorica (30), Gornja Bucica (25), Zagreb (20), Zabno (15), and in Petrinja (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Dobrenić (including: Dobrenic , Dobrenick and Dobrenich ) is present in five countries on three continents. The family name "Dobrenic " is used by small number of people in Argentina , small number in Germany , and small number of people in the United States. "Dobrenich " is used by few people in the United States. "Dobrenick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dobriša Dobrenić, Eduard Dobrenić, Ivica Dobrenić, Antonija Dobrenić, Kristijan Dobrenić, Joso Dobrenić, Dren Dobrenić, Stjepan Dobrenić, Tomislav Dobrenić, Nevenka Dobrenić, Marinela Dobrenić, Nadira Dobrenić, Milutin Dobrenić, Jelena Dobrenić, Ivan Dobrenić, Kristina Dobrenić, Milan Dobrenić, Miljenko Dobrenić, Zdenka Dobrenić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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