Nakić families are Croats and they are mostly from Drnis area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and in Drnis area. In Mirlović Zagora in Drnis area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Nakić.
Prevalence
About 1100 people with faimily name Nakić live in Croatia today, in 420 households. There were 660 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 53 cities and 69 other places, mostly in Zagreb (205), Sibenik (170), Split (75), Vuksic (55), and in Zadar (50).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1705 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.