Surname Drageljević in modern Croatia

Drageljević families are often Serbs and they are mostly from Hrvatska Kostajnica area , less frequently Croats. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Hrvatska Kostajnica area and in Nova Gradiska. In Javnica in Hrvatska Kostajnica area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Drageljević.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Drageljević live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Javnica in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (15), Zagreb (10), Rijeka (10), Vrbovljani in Nova Gradiska area (10), and in Velika Gorica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Drageljević is present in four countries on two continents. The family name "Drageljevic " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Davor Drageljević, Oleg Drageljević, Ksenija Drageljević, Slobodan Drageljević, Predrag Drageljević, Ljubica Drageljević, Irena Drageljević, Ljubiša Drageljević, Dušan Drageljević, Ljiljana Drageljević, Branko Drageljević, Branka Drageljević, Dean Drageljević, Milan Drageljević, Savka Drageljević, Mara Drageljević, Miljenko Drageljević, Ratko Drageljević, Nikolina Drageljević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1935 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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