Surname Babić in modern Croatia

Babić families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Senj. According to some sources they are from Pridraga, Perusic (Lika), Krasna (Senj), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Rijeka. In Gornji Hrgovi in Tuzla Region (Bosnia) every third inhabitant had the family name Babić.

Prevalence

About 12100 people with faimily name Babić live in Croatia today, in 5100 households. There were 9400 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 122 cities and 933 other places, mostly in Zagreb (2195), Rijeka (705), Split (690), Osijek (275), and in Sesvete (260).

Outside Croatia

At least 206 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (77), the United States (31), Australia (25), Switzerland (21), Austria (20), Canada (7), Sweden (7), South Africa (6), France (4), Argentina (3), the Netherlands (2), the United Kingdom (1), Spain (1), and to Norway (1).
Family name Babić (including: Babich , Babic , Babicz , Babici , Babics , Babick , Babiec , Babitsch , Babiche and Babicci ) is present in 84 countries worldwide. The family name "Babic " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 1000 in Germany , and some 500 people in Slovakia. "Babich " is used by some 20000 people in Ukraine , about 10000 in Russian Federation , and some 3000 people in the United States. "Babitsch " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Austria.

Characteristic first names

Ante Babić, Silvija Babić, Ivo Babić, Mate Babić, Sergije Babić, Ljiljana Babić, Goran Babić, Nada Babić, Andrea Babić, Darko Babić, Vlado Babić, Zdravko Babić, Dinko Babić, Vera Babić, Jasna Babić, Jozo Babić, Dubravka Babić, Ivana Babić, Irena Babić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over two hundred times, the first time 1642 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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