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Surname Drakšić in modern Croatia
Drakšić families are Croats and they are mostly from Lepoglava area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Lepoglava area and in Zagreb. In places Brezova Gora and Jamno in Lepoglava area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Drakšić.
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Prevalence
About 150 people with faimily name Drakšić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Brezova Gora in Lepoglava area (15), Pitomaca in Djurdjevac area (15), Jamno in Lepoglava area (10), and in Duga Resa (10).
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Outside Croatia
At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (2), Germany (1), and to France (1).
Family name Drakšić is present in four countries on two continents. The family name "Draksic " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Canada.
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Characteristic first names
Marko Drakšić,
Ivan Drakšić,
Željko Drakšić,
Branka Drakšić,
Đuro Drakšić,
Marijan Drakšić,
Mladen Drakšić,
Natalija Drakšić,
Zvonko Drakšić,
Petar Drakšić,
Ivana Drakšić,
Danijela Drakšić,
Miroslav Drakšić,
Renato Drakšić,
Katarina Drakšić,
Franjo Drakšić,
Anica Drakšić,
Dražen Drakšić,
Josip Drakšić
