Surname Barbaroša in modern Croatia

Barbaroša families are Croats and they are mostly from Biograd na Moru area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and in Biograd na moru area.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Barbaroša live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and threee other places, mostly in Sveti Filip i Jakov in Biograd na moru area (40), Zadar (30), Zagreb (20), Split (<10), and in Velika Gorica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Barbaroša (including: Barbarosa , Barbarossa , Barbarosha and Barbarrosa ) is present in 42 countries worldwide. "Barbarossa " is used by some 3000 people in Italy , about 300 in the United States , and some 200 people in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Perica Barbaroša, Zdravko Barbaroša, Ivan Barbaroša, Neven Barbaroša, Dražen Barbaroša, Marina Barbaroša, Goran Barbaroša, Ernest Barbaroša, Dunja Barbaroša, Branko Barbaroša, Elvis Barbaroša, Tonći Barbaroša, Kažimir Barbaroša, Mara Barbaroša, Josip Barbaroša, Milivoj Barbaroša, Fanica Barbaroša, Dragan Barbaroša, Irijanda Barbaroša

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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