Surname Žebčević in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Žebčević families are Croats (from Pozega area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pozega area and in Nova Gradiska.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Žebčević live in Croatia today, in 17 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located and threee other Croatian places, mostly in Dragovci in Pozega area (20), Zagreb (<5), Frkljevci (<5), Split (<5), and in Slavonski Brod (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Žebčević is present in this form only in Croatia.

Characteristic first names

Josip Žebčević, Antun Žebčević, Branko Žebčević, Ivan Žebčević, Vladimir Žebčević, Ljiljana Žebčević, Jasna Žebčević, Natalija Žebčević, Ivanka Žebčević, Slavko Žebčević, Mirjana Žebčević, Irena Žebčević, Dražen Žebčević, Marko Žebčević, Ana Žebčević, Danica Žebčević, Jasmina Žebčević, Kata Žebčević, Luka Žebčević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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