Surname Barbir in modern Croatia

Barbir families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Vrgorac , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrgorac and Metkovic. In Draževitići in Vrgorac nearly every inhabitant had the family name Barbir.

Prevalence

About 1100 people with faimily name Barbir live in Croatia today, in 440 households. There were 890 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 45 cities and 71 other places, mostly in Ploce (265), Drazevitici (155), Zagreb (95), Split (60), and in Metkovic (60).

Outside Croatia

At least nine families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (3), the United States (2), Australia (2), Canada (1), and to Brazil (1).
Family name Barbir (including: Barbier , Barbierri ) is present in 94 countries worldwide. "Barbier " is used by some 30000 people in France , about 2000 in the United States , and some 1000 people in Belgium. "Barbierri " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vice Barbir, Ante Barbir, Joško Barbir, Teo Barbir, Rajko Barbir, Željko Barbir, Branko Barbir, Saša Barbir, Mijo Barbir, Anica Barbir, Ivan Barbir, Damir Barbir, Ivana Barbir, Ronald Barbir, Dragan Barbir, Domagoj Barbir, Frano Barbir, Antonio Barbir, Zvonimir Barbir

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1538 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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