Surname Dragićević in modern Croatia

Dragićević families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Herzegovina , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Capljina area) and in Herzegovina (Ljubuski area).

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Dragićević live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Zadar (<5), Podaca in Ploce area (<5), Tovarnik in Ilok area (<5), and in Split (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Dragićević (including: Dragicevic , Dragicevich and Dragichevich ) is present in 28 countries worldwide. The family name "Dragicevic " is used by some 200 people in Germany , about 90 in the United States , and some 90 people in Chile. "Dragichevich " is used by few people in the United States. "Dragicevich " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Australia , and some 80 people in New Zealand.

Characteristic first names

Milan Dragićević, Zoran Dragićević, Edita Dragićević, Ivo Dragićević, Nikola Dragićević, Tihomir Dragićević, Marin Dragićević, Pavao Dragićević, Mijo Dragićević, Ruža Dragićević, Blaženka Dragićević, Mirko Dragićević, Boško Dragićević, Milinko Dragićević, Ante Dragićević, Tomislav Dragićević, Hrvoje Dragićević, Sandra Dragićević, Slobodan Dragićević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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