Surname Drpić in modern Croatia

Drpić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Brac , barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Brac and on the Island of Brac. In Gabonjin on the Island of Krk every fourth inhabitant had the family name Drpić.

Prevalence

About 230 people with faimily name Drpić live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 210 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 18 other places, mostly in Pucisca on the Island of Brac (80), Split (35), Zagreb (30), Splitska on the Island of Brac (20), and in Rijeka (10).

Outside Croatia

At least ten families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (6), the United Kingdom (1), Canada (1), Australia (1), and to France (1).
Family name Drpić (including: Drpic , Derpich , Derpic and Drpich ) is present in 16 countries on four continents. "Drpich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Derpic " is used by some 300 people in Bolivia , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Mexico.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Drpić, Daria Drpić, Ante Drpić, Mladen Drpić, Gordan Drpić, Pave Drpić, Zdravko Drpić, Kristina Drpić, Dubravka Drpić, Gordana Drpić, Mirko Drpić, Milena Drpić, Vesna Drpić, Jadranka Drpić, Doris Drpić, Sanja Drpić, Nenad Drpić, Nikola Drpić, Marijana Drpić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1927 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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