Surname Čabaj in modern Croatia

Čabaj families are Croats and they are mostly from Osijek area , where they immigrated according to some sources from Slovakia (Zilina). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and in Osijek area.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Čabaj live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, four cities and 10 other places, mostly in Osijek (30), Zagreb (20), in Cepin (15) and Laslovo (10) in Osijek area, and in Split (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čabaj (including: Cabaj , Cabay , Chabai , Caabay , Chabay , Czabaj , Csabay , Cabai , Chabaj and Chhabaj ) is present in 49 countries worldwide. The family name "Cabaj " is used by some 8000 people in Poland , about 400 in the United States , and some 400 people in Germany. "Cabay " is used by some 500 people in the Philippines , about 400 in Ecuador , and some 200 people in the United States. "Cabai " is used by some 60 people in Italy , some 60 people in the United States , and small number of people in Indonesia.

Characteristic first names

Miroslav Čabaj, Tihomir Čabaj, Zdenka Čabaj, Damir Čabaj, Dario Čabaj, Adam Čabaj, Dragica Čabaj, Krešimir Čabaj, Tatjana Čabaj, Renato Čabaj, Ljubica Čabaj, Robert Čabaj, Milan Čabaj, Ana Čabaj, Ivan Čabaj, Edo Čabaj, Ladislav Čabaj, Željko Čabaj, Andrija Čabaj

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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