Surname Dreksler in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Dreksler families are Croats (from Pleternica ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pleternica and Pozega.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Dreksler live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Kadanovci (20), Frkljevci (<5), and in Varazdin (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Dreksler (including: Drechsler , Drexler , Drecksler and Dräxler ) is present in 60 countries worldwide. The family name "Dreksler " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 300 in Poland , and some 100 people in the United States. "Drecksler " is used by some 70 people in Brazil and small number in the United States. "Drechsler " is used by some 9000 people in Germany , about 2000 in the United States , and some 1000 people in Brazil.

Characteristic first names

Marija Dreksler, Drago Dreksler, Anto Dreksler, Josip Dreksler, Marijana Dreksler, Ivan Dreksler, Stjepan Dreksler, Krunoslav Dreksler, Božena Dreksler, Slavko Dreksler, Dragica Dreksler, Ivanka Dreksler, Štefica Dreksler, Đurđa Dreksler, Josipa Dreksler, Marta Dreksler, Erika Dreksler, Klara Dreksler, Karla Dreksler

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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