Surname Dragić in modern Croatia

Dragić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Novska area. According to some sources they are from Konavle, often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Rama, Bosnia (Prozor area). In Jasenovac in Novska area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Dragić.

Prevalence

About 1000 people with faimily name Dragić live in Croatia today, in 480 households. There were 1100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 55 cities and 112 other places, mostly in Zagreb (200), Jasenovac in Novska area (55), Djakovo (50), Osijek (40), and in Zadar (35).

Outside Croatia

Family name Dragić (including: Draghici , Dragich , Dragic , Dragitsch , Dragics , Draggich , Draghic and Dragici ) is present in 53 countries worldwide. The family name "Dragic " is used by some 100 people in Germany , about 90 in the United States , and some 60 people in Russian Federation. "Dragich " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 90 in Viet Nam , and some 60 people in Russian Federation. "Dragics " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Krešimir Dragić, Marko Dragić, Ivo Dragić, Luka Dragić, Ljiljana Dragić, Mirta Dragić, Darko Dragić, Ivan Dragić, Tomislav Dragić, Stanko Dragić, Anto Dragić, Martin Dragić, Danijela Dragić, Saša Dragić, Andrija Dragić, Jozo Dragić, Bogdan Dragić, Mladen Dragić, Spomenko Dragić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1750 in source 18th Century Census.

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