Dragija families are Croats and they are mostly from Sveti Ivan Zelina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Sveti Ivan Zelina. In Konak in Vrbovec every sixth inhabitant had the family name Dragija.
Prevalence
About 150 people with faimily name Dragija live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 210 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Kalinje (25), Konak (15), Sveti Ivan Zelina (15), and in Zetkan in Vrbovec area (10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Dragija is present in five countries on three continents. The family name "Dragija " is used by few people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.