Surname Drlić in modern Croatia

Drlić families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Djakovo area , less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Benkovac and Pakrac.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Drlić live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Radosinovci (35), Zagreb (15), in Gorjani (15) and Viskovci (10) in Djakovo area, and in Pozega (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Drlić (including: Drlic , Derlich , Drlich , Derlick and Derlic ) is present in 12 countries on three continents. "Drlich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Derlic " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mišo Drlić, Jakov Drlić, Josip Drlić, Marijana Drlić, Marko Drlić, Marina Drlić, Snježana Drlić, Milorad Drlić, Željko Drlić, Dražen Drlić, Gordana Drlić, Dora Drlić, Sandro Drlić, Silvija Drlić, Božica Drlić, Krste Drlić, Ivan Drlić, Antun Drlić, Anita Drlić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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