Agbaba families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Knin area , whereas often Croats (from Karlovac ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Knin area.
Prevalence
About 110 people with faimily name Agbaba live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 220 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Rijeka (20), Gracac in Knin area (<10), Karlovac (<10), and in Josipovac (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Agbaba is present in 16 countries on four continents. "Aghababa " is used by some 2000 people in Iran , small number in Sweden , and small number of people in the United States.
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.