Surname Šobat in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šobat families are predominantly Croats (from Osijek ), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Osijek.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Šobat live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 50 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Pakrac (<10), Novska (<10), Bunic in Obrovac area (<10), and in Osijek (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šobat (including: Sobat , Shobat , Schobat , Sobath and Sohbat ) is present in 26 countries worldwide. "Schobat " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Hrvoje Šobat, Radovan Šobat, Rajko Šobat, Katarina Šobat, Goran Šobat, Dražen Šobat, Mirta Šobat, Jelena Šobat, Ana Šobat, Bogdan Šobat, Dalibor Šobat, Vilma Šobat, Stojan Šobat, Dobrivoje Šobat, Budimir Šobat, Vladimir Šobat, Zdravko Šobat, Anica Šobat, Bojana Šobat

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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