Find out how popular the last name Dragun is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Dragun.

Dragun, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Dragun surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Dragun in America

Dragun is the 138304th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Dragun surname appeared 121 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Dragun.

We can also compare 2010 data for Dragun to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Dragun

The surname Dragun is believed to have originated in Croatia. It is derived from the Slavic word "drag," meaning "dear" or "precious." The name likely emerged in the medieval period, possibly as early as the 12th or 13th century.

In its earliest forms, the surname was sometimes spelled as Dragoun or Dragoun. These variations likely stemmed from regional dialects and differences in pronunciation across various parts of Croatia and neighboring regions.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Dragun name can be found in a 14th-century document from the region of Dalmatia, which was part of the Republic of Venice at the time. This document mentions a landowner named Ivan Dragun, who owned a parcel of land near the town of Zadar.

The name Dragun also appears in several historical records from the 16th and 17th centuries, including tax rolls and church registers from various parts of Croatia and neighboring regions. Notable individuals with this surname during this period include Matija Dragun, a merchant from the city of Dubrovnik who lived in the late 16th century, and Petar Dragun, a Croatian nobleman and military commander who served in the Thirty Years' War in the early 17th century.

In the 18th and 19th centuries, the Dragun surname became more widely dispersed across Europe, with many individuals bearing this name emigrating from Croatia and neighboring regions to other parts of the continent. One notable figure from this period was Andrej Dragun, a Croatian-born painter who lived and worked in Vienna in the late 18th century.

As the Dragun name spread across Europe, it also evolved to include variations such as Dragoun, Draguhn, and Dragún. These variations likely arose due to differences in local dialects and spelling conventions in different regions.

Other notable individuals with the Dragun surname throughout history include:

1. Ivan Dragun (1884-1957), a Croatian lawyer and politician who served as the Mayor of Zagreb in the early 20th century.
2. Stjepan Dragun (1876-1956), a Croatian sculptor and artist who was known for his works depicting scenes from Croatian folklore and rural life.
3. Marija Dragun (1892-1972), a Croatian writer and poet who was active in the early 20th century and known for her works exploring themes of love, nature, and cultural identity.
4. Miroslav Dragun (1925-2005), a Croatian-born American physicist who made significant contributions to the field of plasma physics and fusion energy research.
5. Tatjana Dragun (born 1959), a contemporary Croatian painter and multimedia artist whose works have been exhibited internationally and are held in various museum collections.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Dragun

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Dragun.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Dragun was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Dragun has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Dragun was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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