Glavačević families are Croats and they are mostly from Djakovo area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djakovo area and in Slavonski Brod. In places Beravci and Strizivojna in Djakovo area every thirtieth inhabitant had the family name Glavačević.
Prevalence
About 150 people with faimily name Glavačević live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Strizivojna (35) and Beravci (35) in Djakovo area, Babina Greda in Zupanja area (15), Slavonski Brod (15), and in Djakovo (15).
Outside Croatia
Family name Glavačević is present in two countries on two continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.