Surname Breberina in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Breberina families are predominantly Serbs, rarely Croats (from Karlovac ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and in Duga Resa area. In Ivanković Selo in Karlovac every fourth inhabitant had the family name Breberina.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Breberina live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, four cities and 13 other places, mostly in Karlovac (15), Zagreb (10), Sisak (<10), and in Vojisnica (<10) and Medjedjak Utinjski (<10) in Duga Resa area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Breberina is present in five countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Dinko Breberina, Nedjeljko Breberina, Davor Breberina, Dejan Breberina, Bojan Breberina, Dušanka Breberina, Nikola Breberina, Marija Breberina, Boris Breberina, Danijel Breberina, Milan Breberina, Kata Breberina, Dragana Breberina, Vanja Breberina, Nikolina Breberina, Borislav Breberina, Barica Breberina, Mile Breberina, Nevenka Breberina

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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