In Croatia, Štraub families are generally Croats (from Donji Miholjac area ), very rarely Germans (from Valpovo ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Nasice and in Donji Miholjac area.
Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Štraub live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent. They are located in four Croatian counties, in 6 cities and four other places, mostly in Magadenovac (10) and Sljivosevci (<10) in Donji Miholjac area, Osijek (<5), Valpovo (<5), and in Lacici in Donji Miholjac area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Štraub (including: Straub , Shtraub and Sztraub ) is present in 61 countries worldwide. The family name "Straub " is used by some 20000 people in Germany , about 20000 in the United States , and some 2000 people in Brazil.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.
