In Croatia, Drescher families are Croats (from the Island of Murter ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Opatija area.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Drescher live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in threee Croatian counties, in one city and threee other places, mostly in Murter on the Island of Murter (<10), Opatija (<5), Bibinje in Zadar area (<5), and in Moscenicka Draga in Opatija area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Drescher (including: Dröscher , Dresscher ) is present in 46 countries worldwide. The family name "Drescher " is used by some 10000 people in Germany , about 4000 in the United States , and some 900 people in Brazil.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1929 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.