Surname Obračević in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Obračević families are mainly Croats (from Bjelovar area ), equally Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar and Garesnica. In Polum in Grubisno Polje area every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Obračević.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Obračević live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties and 9 other places, mostly in Bjelovar (<10), Kutina (<5), Severin in Bjelovar area (<5), Vukovije in Daruvar area (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Obračević is present in three countries on two continents. The family name "Obracevic " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Siniša Obračević, Anita Obračević, Ana Obračević, Brankica Obračević, Ljiljana Obračević, Svjetlana Obračević, Veljko Obračević, Nikola Obračević, Željko Obračević, Čedomir Obračević, Milena Obračević, Zora Obračević, Boško Obračević, Predrag Obračević, Petar Obračević, Antun Obračević, Marija Obračević, Kata Obračević, Jelena Obračević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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