In Croatia, Coban families are Croats (from Samobor area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Samobor and in Slovenia.
Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Coban live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent. They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and threee other places, mostly in Strmec in Samobor area (40), Koprivnica (<5), Rasinja in Koprivnica area (<5), Sracinec in Varazdin area (<5), and in Vrhovcak (<5).
