Dukarić families are Croats and they are mostly from Lepoglava area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Lepoglava area and in Lepoglava. In places Bednjica and Jazbina Višnjička in Lepoglava every fourth inhabitant had the family name Dukarić.
Prevalence
About 650 people with faimily name Dukarić live in Croatia today, in 270 households. There were 610 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 29 cities and 91 other places, mostly in Zagreb (70), Bednjica (60), Koprivnica (50), Jazbina Cvetlinska in Lepoglava area (40), and in Varazdin (30).
Outside Croatia
Family name Dukarić (including: Dukaric , Dukarich ) is present in 13 countries on four continents. "Dukarich " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Canada.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1927 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.