Surname Cibilić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Cibilić families are almost entirely Croats (from Peljesac Peninsula ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on Peljesac Peninsula and in Dubrovnik. In Duba Pelješka on Peljesac Peninsula every third inhabitant had the family name Cibilić.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Cibilić live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and 7 other places, mostly in Split (10), in Orebic (10) and Duba Peljeska (10) on the Peljesac peninsula, Zagreb (<10), and in Oskorusno on the Peljesac peninsula (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Cibilić (including: Cibilic , Cibilich ) is present in 8 countries on four continents. The family name "Cibilic " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Australia. "Cibilich " is used by small number of people in New Zealand and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Alan Cibilić, Vlatko Cibilić, Ane Cibilić, Ante Cibilić, Danijela Cibilić, Sanja Cibilić, Ivo Cibilić, Daroslav Cibilić, Nedjeljko Cibilić, Anto Cibilić, Tamara Cibilić, Jadranka Cibilić, Ivana Cibilić, Franica Cibilić, Katja Cibilić, Franka Cibilić, Mato Cibilić, Boženka Cibilić, Srećka Cibilić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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