Surname Dobrojević in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Dobrojević families are mainly Croats (from Osijek ), less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slatina area and in Osijek.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Dobrojević live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and threee other places, mostly in Osijek (10), Sudjuradj (<10), Zagreb (<5), Rijeka (<5), and in Vukovar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Dobrojević is present in three countries.

Characteristic first names

Goran Dobrojević, Branka Dobrojević, Mirjana Dobrojević, Jelena Dobrojević, Vedran Dobrojević, Pero Dobrojević, Aleksandar Dobrojević, Đurđa Dobrojević, Šimun Dobrojević, Smiljka Dobrojević, Đivo Dobrojević, Ivan Dobrojević, Persa Dobrojević, Jadranka Dobrojević, Marinka Dobrojević, Jasna Dobrojević, Katarina Dobrojević, Jožefa Dobrojević, Julka Dobrojević

Mentions in sources

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

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