Surname Bibić in modern Croatia

Bibić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Hvar. According to some sources they are from Zagorje or Drnis area, whereas often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Drnis and on the Island of Hvar. In Vagani in Bosnian Krajina every third inhabitant had the family name Bibić.

Prevalence

About 380 people with faimily name Bibić live in Croatia today, in 180 households. There were 470 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 28 cities and 29 other places, mostly in Zagreb (50), Hvar on the Island of Hvar (50), Split (45), Zadar (25), and in Oraovac in Obrovac area (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bibić (including: Bibich , Bibiche , Bibic , Bibicha , Bibick , Bybych and Bibych ) is present in 41 countries worldwide. The family name "Bibic " is used by some 70 people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Branislav Bibić, Zorica Bibić, Boris Bibić, Anica Bibić, Marina Bibić, Miljenko Bibić, Dalibor Bibić, Milenko Bibić, Domagoj Bibić, Milorad Bibić, Sanja Bibić, Mirko Bibić, Kristian Bibić, Vjekoslava Bibić, Alen Bibić, Silvija Bibić, Matija Bibić, Maja Bibić, Marija Bibić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1729 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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