Surname Dražić in modern Croatia

Dražić families are often Croats and they are mostly from Trogir area , while other sources say they originate from the Island of Ugljan, rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and Zagreb. In Sitno in Trogir area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Dražić.

Prevalence

About 1000 people with faimily name Dražić live in Croatia today, in 440 households. There were 990 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 61 cities and 102 other places, mostly in Zagreb (120), Split (105), Zadar (75), Debeljak in Zadar area (55), and in Rijeka (30).

Outside Croatia

At least 17 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Canada (5), Australia (4), the United States (4), Germany (2), Austria (1), and to Spain (1).
Family name Dražić (including: Drazic , Drazich , Drazick , Drazhich and Drazhic ) is present in 9 countries on three continents. The family name "Drazic " is used by some 200 people in the United States and about 90 in Germany. "Drazich " is used by some 100 people in the United States. "Drazick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Željko Dražić, Mensura Dražić, Marica Dražić, Mate Dražić, Tomislav Dražić, Vinko Dražić, Elvis Dražić, Ante Dražić, Djivo Dražić, Maja Dražić, Silvana Dražić, Aida Dražić, Sergije Dražić, Vesna Dražić, Romina Dražić, Damir Dražić, Zrinka Dražić, Viktorija Dražić, Božidar Dražić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1691 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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