Držaić families are often Croats and they are mostly from Lepoglava , less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Lepoglava and Varazdin.
Prevalence
About 240 people with faimily name Držaić live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 210 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 20 cities and 30 other places, mostly in Zarovnica (45), Zagreb (40), Lepoglava (15), Vukovar (15), and in Kamenicko Podgorje (15).
Outside Croatia
Family name Držaić is present in this form only in Croatia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.