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Surname Dreković in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Dreković families are predominantly Serbs, rarely Croats (from Nova Gradiska area ), and very rarely Bosniaks (from Dubrovnik ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pakrac and Lipik. In Bjelajci in Pakrac every fourth inhabitant had the family name Dreković.
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Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Dreković live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Kutina (<10), Bacin Dol in Nova Gradiska area (<10), Gornja Vrijeska in Daruvar area (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Dubrovnik (<5).
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Outside Croatia
At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (2), Germany (2), and to France (1).
Family name Dreković (including: Drekovic , Derekhovich ) is present in 14 countries on three continents. The family name "Drekovic " is used by small number of people in Germany and small number in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Katica Dreković,
Zoran Dreković,
Slobodanka Dreković,
Slavica Dreković,
Jakub Dreković,
Stojan Dreković,
Blaž Dreković,
Milutin Dreković,
Nikola Dreković,
Dejan Dreković,
Ahmet Dreković,
Vjekoslav Dreković,
Slobodan Dreković,
Vesna Dreković,
Mevsudin Dreković,
Petar Dreković,
Anka Dreković,
Aksentija Dreković,
Georgije Dreković