Surname Dragović in modern Croatia

Dragović families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Opuzen area , also Serbs, very rarely Montenegrins. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Skradin and Zagreb. In places Gračac and Sonković in Skradin every eighth inhabitant had the family name Dragović.

Prevalence

About 590 people with faimily name Dragović live in Croatia today, in 280 households. There were 780 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 40 cities and 49 other places, mostly in Zagreb (115), Metkovic (50), Runovic in Imotski area (35), Sibenik (35), and in Sesvete (25).

Outside Croatia

At least 26 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (8), Australia (4), Switzerland (3), Germany (3), Canada (2), South Africa (2), Argentina (1), Austria (1), Norway (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Dragović (including: Dragovich , Dragovic and Dragovitsch ) is present in 39 countries worldwide. The family name "Dragovic " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 200 in Syria , and some 100 people in Germany. "Dragovich " is used by some 700 people in the United States , about 100 in Russian Federation , and some 100 people in Ukraine.

Characteristic first names

Vedran Dragović, Željko Dragović, Miomir Dragović, Filip Dragović, Zdenko Dragović, Ljiljana Dragović, Jadranka Dragović, Nikolina Dragović, Renata Dragović, Dragan Dragović, Goran Dragović, Branko Dragović, Ivan Dragović, Siniša Dragović, Ognjen Dragović, Tin Dragović, Snježana Dragović, Ilko Dragović, Branimir Dragović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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