Surname Cebalo in modern Croatia

Cebalo families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Korcula. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Korcula and in Dubrovnik.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Cebalo live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and four other places, mostly in Zrnovo (50), Lumbarda (30) and Korcula (15) on the Island of Korcula, Zagreb (<10), and in Split (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (2), New Zealand (2), the United States (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Cebalo (including: Ceballo , Cebalho and Chebalo ) is present in 36 countries worldwide. The family name "Cebalo " is used by some 90 people in the United States , about 70 in New Zealand , and small number of people in Australia. "Chebalo " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Roko Cebalo, Mate Cebalo, Edita Cebalo, Helena Cebalo, Iva Cebalo, Zvonko Cebalo, Kristina Cebalo, Đeni Cebalo, Filip Cebalo, Dinka Cebalo, Dušanka Cebalo, Milan Cebalo, Boris Cebalo, Denis Cebalo, Kristo Cebalo, Boni Cebalo, Ante Cebalo, Đorđe Cebalo, Nevenko Cebalo

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1924 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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