Surname Drašković in modern Croatia

Drašković families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Pregrada area , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Split. In Rusnica in Pregrada area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Drašković.

Prevalence

About 820 people with faimily name Drašković live in Croatia today, in 370 households. There were 920 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 52 cities and 80 other places, mostly in Zagreb (140), Solin (65), Rijeka (50), Split (45), and in Rusnica in Pregrada area (35).

Outside Croatia

Family name Drašković (including: Draskovic , Draskovich , Drashkovich and Draskovics ) is present in 13 countries on three continents. The family name "Draskovic " is used by some 200 people in the United States. "Draskovich " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Hungary , and small number in the Netherlands. "Draskovics " is used by some 100 people in Hungary and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Igor Drašković, Nikola Drašković, Nenad Drašković, Krešimir Drašković, Darko Drašković, Milan Drašković, Marija Drašković, Ivica Drašković, Tatjana Drašković, Zdravko Drašković, Blagota Drašković, Davor Drašković, Zvonko Drašković, Mateo Drašković, Mato Drašković, Ignac Drašković, Predrag Drašković, Šimun Drašković, Dubravko Drašković

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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