In Croatia, Drgestin families are Croats (from Zabok area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Zabok area. In Kapelski Vrh in Zabok area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Drgestin.
Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Drgestin live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and 9 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Dvor in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (<10), in Kraljevec na Sutli (<10) and Kapelski Vrh (<10) in Zabok area, and in Gornja Pusca in Zapresic area (<5).