Surname Draščić in modern Croatia

Draščić families are Croats and they are mostly from Buzet. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Buzet and in Slovenia. In Sveti Martin in Buzet every fifth inhabitant had the family name Draščić.

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Draščić live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Sveti Martin (50), Buzet (30), Pula (25), Rijeka (10), and in Umag (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least 12 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (6), the United States (4), Germany (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Draščić (including: Drascic , Drascich ) is present in 6 countries on three continents. The family name "Drascic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Drascich " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Uruguay , and small number of people in Italy.

Characteristic first names

Vlado Draščić, Vilim Draščić, Milenko Draščić, Valter Draščić, Natko Draščić, Emil Draščić, Aldo Draščić, Nevenko Draščić, Žarko Draščić, Branka Draščić, Rajko Draščić, Ulli Draščić, Ernest Draščić, Dalibor Draščić, Dean Draščić, Mladen Draščić, Miran Draščić, Stevo Draščić, Saša Draščić

Mentions in sources

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

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