Surname Dravec in modern Croatia

Dravec families are Croats and they are mostly from Mursko Sredisce area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Mursko Sredisce area and in Djurdjevac area.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Dravec live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Cakovec (10), Pleternica (<10), Djakovo (<10), Podturen in Mursko Sredisce area (<10), and in Velika Cresnjevica in Djurdjevac area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Dravec (including: Dravecz , Drawec , Dravetz and Dravez ) is present in 12 countries on three continents. "Dravecz " is used by some 200 people in Hungary , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Austria. "Drawec " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zvonimir Dravec, Viktor Dravec, Irma Dravec, Janez Dravec, Damir Dravec, Antun Dravec, Đorđija Dravec, Darija Dravec, Darko Dravec, Jurica Dravec, Branko Dravec, Ivan Dravec, Tomislav Dravec, Sandra Dravec, Snježana Dravec, Veljko Dravec, Boris Dravec, Marijanka Dravec, Petra Dravec

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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