Surname Barabaš in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Barabaš families are almost entirely Croats (from Nova Gradiska area ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Nova Gradiska and Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Barabaš live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Osijek (<10), Sesvete (<10), Varazdin (<10), Resetari in Nova Gradiska area (<10), and in Rijeka (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Barabaš (including: Barabas , Barabash , Barabasz , Barabasch , Barabaschi , Barrabas , Barabaschuk , Barabás , Barabass and Barabasha ) is present in 63 countries worldwide. "Barabasz " is used by some 2000 people in Poland , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Brazil.

Characteristic first names

Maja Barabaš, Zlatko Barabaš, Marijan Barabaš, Suzana Barabaš, Ivica Barabaš, Vladimir Barabaš, Loreta Barabaš, Jadranka Barabaš, Klaudija Barabaš, Ivan Barabaš, Josipa Barabaš, Indira Barabaš, Željko Barabaš, Ksenija Barabaš, Slavica Barabaš, Marija Barabaš, Gustav Barabaš, Dean Barabaš, Tamara Barabaš

Mentions in sources

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

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