Surname Babec in modern Croatia

Babec families are Croats and they are mostly from Djurdjevac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Koprivnica and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 170 people with faimily name Babec live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 240 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 26 other places, mostly in Virje (25) and Novo Virje (15) in Djurdjevac area, Cepelovac (15), Bjelovar (10), and in Cazma (10).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and Argentina (1).
Family name Babec (including: Babetz , Babez and Babecz ) is present in 9 countries worldwide. The family name "Babec " is used by some 90 people in Czech Republic and about 50 in the United States. "Babez " is used by few people in the United States. "Babetz " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Olivija Babec, Tihomir Babec, Goran Babec, Miljenko Babec, Snježana Babec, Damir Babec, Saša Babec, Branimir Babec, Branko Babec, Jasna Babec, Ivan Babec, Verica Babec, Mario Babec, Dijana Babec, Ivana Babec, Tomislav Babec, Martin Babec, Vlado Babec, Marija Babec

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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