Surname Dragila in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Dragila families are almost entirely Croats (from Djakovo area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djakovo area and in Djakovo.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Dragila live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and two other places, mostly in Osijek (<10), Velika Gorica (<5), Busevec (<5), Beli Manastir (<5), and in Vinkovci (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Dragila is present in 7 countries on four continents. The family name "Dragila " is used by some 200 people in Romania , about 100 in Afghanistan , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Milica Dragila, Danijela Dragila, Ana Dragila, Jelisaveta Dragila, Marija Dragila, Pero Dragila, Ivica Dragila, Matija Dragila, Rožika Dragila, Željko Dragila, Zdravko Dragila, Antun Dragila, Smiljka Dragila, Zvonko Dragila, Marina Dragila, Zlatko Dragila, Lucija Dragila, Ivo Dragila, Mato Dragila

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1933 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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