Surname Drakulić in modern Croatia

Drakulić families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Otocac area , whereas often Croats. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Otocac area. In Okić in Karlovac every second inhabitant had the family name Drakulić.

Prevalence

About 480 people with faimily name Drakulić live in Croatia today, in 240 households. There were 850 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 38 cities and 64 other places, mostly in Zagreb (120), Vrelo Korenicko in Otocac area (30), Karlovac (25), Rijeka (25), and in Cakovec (15).

Outside Croatia

At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (4), Canada (1), Austria (1), the United States (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Drakulić (including: Drakulich , Drakulic ) is present in 18 countries on three continents. The family name "Drakulic " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Austria , and small number of people in Germany. "Drakulich " is used by some 400 people in the United States and small number in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Miodrag Drakulić, Sanja Drakulić, Morana Drakulić, Bogdan Drakulić, Dragan Drakulić, Radovan Drakulić, Milorad Drakulić, Damir Drakulić, Katarina Drakulić, Petar Drakulić, Danijela Drakulić, Danko Drakulić, Pavao Drakulić, Ivan Drakulić, Dunja Drakulić, Martina Drakulić, Višnja Drakulić, Velimir Drakulić, Mirko Drakulić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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