Surname Drača in modern Croatia

Drača families are often Serbs and they are mostly from Obrovac , less frequently Croats (from Benkovac ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Benkovac and Obrovac. In Gornji Karin in Obrovac every fifth inhabitant had the family name Drača.

Prevalence

About 440 people with faimily name Drača live in Croatia today, in 210 households. There were 720 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 35 cities and 55 other places, mostly in Rijeka (60), Zadar (35), Zagreb (30), Ostrovo in Vinkovci area (20), and in Islam Grcki (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 14 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (9), the United States (2), Austria (1), Germany (1), and to France (1).
Family name Drača (including: Draca , Drazza , Dracka , Dracha , Dracca and Dracia ) is present in 18 countries on three continents. The family name "Draca " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Australia , and small number of people in Austria. "Dracha " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Dracka " is used by some 100 people in Czech Republic , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Slovakia.

Characteristic first names

Srđan Drača, Budimir Drača, Zoran Drača, Kosa Drača, Renata Drača, Savo Drača, Stojanka Drača, Nikola Drača, Vedran Drača, Robert Drača, Slađana Drača, Miroslav Drača, Dragana Drača, Rade Drača, Dalibor Drača, Momčilo Drača, Milka Drača, Zdravko Drača, Ljiljana Drača

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1929 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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