Drča families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Benkovac , but often Croats (from Ivanic-Grad area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Benkovac and Zadar. In Parčić in Knin area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Drča.
Prevalence
About 270 people with faimily name Drča live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 470 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 20 cities and 29 other places, mostly in Zadar (35), Zagreb (30), Split (20), Donji Kasic (15), and in Benkovac (10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Drča (including: Drca , Drchota , Derca and Drcha ) is present in 14 countries on four continents. The family name "Drca " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Australia , and small number of people in Brazil , small number of people in Germany. "Derca " is used by few people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.
