Surname Dobrilla in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Dobrilla families are Croats (from Porec ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula. In Valkarin in Porec every eighth inhabitant had the family name Dobrilla.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Dobrilla live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Porec (<5) and Pula (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Dobrilla is present in 9 countries on four continents. The family name "Dobrilla " is used by some 100 people in Italy , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Gianni Dobrilla, Jasmina Dobrilla, Ferruccio Dobrilla, Giovanni Dobrilla, Sonia Dobrilla, Simona Dobrilla, Gino Dobrilla, Amelia Dobrilla, Antonia Dobrilla, Antonio Dobrilla, Caterina Dobrilla, Feruccio Dobrilla, Giuseppa Dobrilla, Giuseppe Dobrilla, Giuseppina Dobrilla, Guido Dobrilla, Loredana Dobrilla, Paolo Dobrilla, Roberto Dobrilla

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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