Drağan
surname · Latin script
Drağan is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Serbia than in any other country, where it is the 3rd most common given name. Recorded meaning: From the common Slavic element *dorgъ (“beloved, dear”). More at Dragan.
- RSSerbia≈1 in 66(inferred from the name graph)
- BABosnia & Herzegovina≈1 in 319
- HRCroatia1 in 340
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Drağan itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Serbia (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 211 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 66 (inferred from the name graph)
≈110,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Serbia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Dragan in RS Serbia, HR Croatia, MK North Macedonia and 3 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From the common Slavic element *dorgъ (“beloved, dear”). More at Dragan.
Sources 4
- 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
- Wiktionary
- Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
- Nordic Names
Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Drağan counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RS Serbia | #3 | ≈110,000 est. | ≈1 in 66 | listed | Dragan | 122 |
| HR Croatia | #65 | 12,425 | 1 in 340 | 12K | Dragan | 113 |
| BA Bosnia & Herzegovina | #3 | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 319 | — | Dragan | 50 |
| RO Romania | — | ≈8,200 est. | ≈1 in 2.6K | — | Dragan | 27 |
| MK North Macedonia | #113 | 7,788as Драган | 1 in 273 | 7.8K | Dragan | 59 |
| SI Slovenia | #331 | 3,017 | 1 in 697 | 3K | Dragan | 32 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); State Statistical Office — living population names; SURS — resident population given names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Drağan mean, and where does it come from?
- From the common Slavic element *dorgъ (“beloved, dear”). More at Dragan. Recorded by 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado and Wiktionary and 2 other sources.
- In which country does Drağan have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 107 thousand people named Drağan in Serbia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled dragan.
- How common is the name Drağan?
- In Croatia, the national register counted 12,425 people named Drağan in 2021, about 1 in 340 residents.
- How common is Drağan compared with other names?
- In Serbia, Drağan is the 3rd most common given name of 10,960 given names recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Drağan” — the 3rd most common given name in Serbia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.