Surname Drobac in modern Croatia

Drobac families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Dubrovnik area , often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and in Knin area. In Brotnja in Knin area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Drobac.

Prevalence

About 330 people with faimily name Drobac live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 450 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 30 cities and 30 other places, mostly in Zagreb (75), Komaji in Dubrovnik area (55), Gracac in Knin area (20), Vukovar (20), and in Split (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Drobac (including: Drobatz , Drobach and Drobaz ) is present in 26 countries worldwide. The family name "Drobac " is used by some 300 people in Rwanda , about 200 in the United States , and some 60 people in Russian Federation. "Drobatz " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Drobach " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Radomir Drobac, Marina Drobac, Đuro Drobac, Zdravko Drobac, Siniša Drobac, Ljiljana Drobac, Marija Drobac, Lidija Drobac, Biljana Drobac, Mario Drobac, Radivoj Drobac, Sanja Drobac, Gordana Drobac, Dražen Drobac, Snježana Drobac, Mato Drobac, Goran Drobac, Ozren Drobac, Nenad Drobac

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1683 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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