Surname Dobrović in modern Croatia

Dobrović families are Croats and they are mostly from Vodice area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Vodice area.

Prevalence

About 180 people with faimily name Dobrović live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 0 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Zagreb (50), Zadar (20), Rijeka (20), Pirovac in Vodice area (15), and in Pula (10).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (1), South Africa (1), Canada (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Dobrović (including: Dobrovic , Dobrovich , Dobrovici , Dobrovicz and Dobrovics ) is present in 32 countries worldwide. The family name "Dobrovic " is used by some 600 people in Slovakia , about 400 in South Africa , and some 100 people in the United States. "Dobrovich " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Italy , and small number of people in Hungary. "Dobrovicz " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Željko Dobrović, Neven Dobrović, Karolina Dobrović, Tomislav Dobrović, Mladen Dobrović, Darko Dobrović, Zvonimir Dobrović, Slaven Dobrović, Mirjana Dobrović, Davor Dobrović, Gordan Dobrović, Marin Dobrović, Irena Dobrović, Albert Dobrović, Milka Dobrović, Tatjana Dobrović, Dario Dobrović, Jasna Dobrović, Mario Dobrović

Mentions in sources

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

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