Surname Drvenica in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Drvenica families are mainly Serbs, equally Croats (from Nova Gradiska ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Nova Gradiska.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Drvenica 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 6 Croatian counties, four cities and threee other places, mostly in Donji Karin (<5), Zagreb (<5), Pula (<5), Nova Gradiska (<5), and in Cepin in Osijek area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Drvenica is present in five countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Saša Drvenica, Danilo Drvenica, Nada Drvenica, Mujo Drvenica, Milka Drvenica, Ranko Drvenica, Branko Drvenica, Vladimira Drvenica, Ljubica Drvenica, Rozalija Drvenica, Ljiljana Drvenica, Gordana Drvenica, Jelena Drvenica, Nikola Drvenica, Zorka Drvenica, Dejan Drvenica, Zora Drvenica

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1929 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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