Dropuljić families are Croats and they are mostly from Vrgorac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Imotski area and in Herzegovina (Ljubuski area). In Pozla Gora in Vrgorac area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Dropuljić.
Prevalence
About 300 people with faimily name Dropuljić live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 29 cities and 19 other places, mostly in Donji Prolozac in Imotski area (90), Zagreb (55), Metkovic (25), Osijek (15), and in Zupanja (15).
Outside Croatia
Family name Dropuljić is present in 6 countries on three continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.