Surname Drozd in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Drozd families are Croats (from Nasice area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Nasice and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Drozd live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, two cities and another small place , mostly in Orahovica (<5), Djurdjenovac in Nasice area (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Drozd (including: Drozhd , Drózd ) is present in 53 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Robert Drozd, Krunoslav Drozd, Valerija Drozd, Hrvoje Drozd, Mirjana Drozd, Zvonko Drozd, Josip Drozd, Anka Drozd, Milka Drozd, Denis Drozd, Lucija Drozd, Maja Drozd, Marko Drozd, Elena Drozd, Fanny Drozd, Marija Drozd, Stjepan Drozd

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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