Surname Dobrić in modern Croatia

Dobrić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Labin. According to some sources they are from Split area, often Serbs, very rarely Italians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Labin. In Dobropoljci in Benkovac area every third inhabitant had the family name Dobrić.

Prevalence

About 1000 people with faimily name Dobrić live in Croatia today, in 500 households. There were 1500 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 57 cities and 119 other places, mostly in Zagreb (155), Split (45), Pula (40), Brovinje in Labin area (40), and in Rijeka (35).

Outside Croatia

At least 71 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (38), France (10), Germany (6), Australia (5), Canada (5), Sweden (4), Switzerland (1), Austria (1), and to the Netherlands (1).
Family name Dobrić (including: Dobrich , Dobric , Dobrick , Dobbrick , Dobrichev , Dobrych and Dobrici ) is present in 29 countries worldwide. The family name "Dobric " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 90 in Germany , and small number of people in Austria. "Dobrich " is used by some 300 people in the United States and small number in Uruguay. "Dobrick " is used by some 500 people in Germany and about 300 in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Dobrić, Zoran Dobrić, Bruno Dobrić, Žarko Dobrić, Slaven Dobrić, Vinko Dobrić, Milivoj Dobrić, Ankica Dobrić, Mario Dobrić, Zrinka Dobrić, Olivera Dobrić, Dubravko Dobrić, Melita Dobrić, Dario Dobrić, Darko Dobrić, Erna Dobrić, Ranko Dobrić, Davorin Dobrić, Velibor Dobrić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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