Surname Bjelobaba in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bjelobaba families are mainly Serbs, less frequently Croats (from the Island of Solta ), and barely Hungarians (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Gospic and Rijeka. In Drenovac Radučki in Gospic every second inhabitant had the family name Bjelobaba.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Bjelobaba live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Rijeka (20), Zagreb (<10), Karlovac (<10), Split (<10), and in Dubrovnik (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (2), the United States (1), Austria (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Bjelobaba is present in 7 countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Duško Bjelobaba, Saša Bjelobaba, Janko Bjelobaba, Željko Bjelobaba, Igor Bjelobaba, Žarko Bjelobaba, Miroslav Bjelobaba, Slađana Bjelobaba, Veljko Bjelobaba, Branka Bjelobaba, Marijana Bjelobaba, Jovica Bjelobaba, Dragan Bjelobaba, Milorad Bjelobaba, Darko Bjelobaba, Melita Bjelobaba, Boris Bjelobaba, Kata Bjelobaba, Branislav Bjelobaba

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1926 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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