Surname Draženović in modern Croatia

Draženović families are Croats and they are mostly from Senj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Senj area and in Otocac. In Sadikovac in Slunj area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Draženović.

Prevalence

About 700 people with faimily name Draženović live in Croatia today, in 320 households. There were 930 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 50 cities and 67 other places, mostly in Zagreb (150), Brinje in Senj area (60), Otocac (50), Rijeka (35), and in Sisak (25).

Outside Croatia

At least 31 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (10), Canada (7), the United States (5), Switzerland (3), Belgium (3), France (2), and to Australia (1).
Family name Draženović (including: Drazenovic , Drazenovich ) is present in five countries on three continents. The family name "Drazenovic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Drazenovich " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Dominican Republic.

Characteristic first names

Vedran Draženović, Boris Draženović, Darko Draženović, Dražen Draženović, Draženka Draženović, Zdenka Draženović, Marin Draženović, Vladimir Draženović, Drago Draženović, Nikola Draženović, Miljenko Draženović, Damir Draženović, Vlado Draženović, Mićan Draženović, Marinela Draženović, Biserka Draženović, Zdravko Draženović, Zoran Draženović, Đurđica Draženović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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