Surname Džeba in modern Croatia

Džeba families are Croats and they are mostly from Herzegovina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Mostar area) and in Zagreb. In places Čule and Slipčići in Herzegovina every ninth inhabitant had the family name Džeba.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Džeba live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), Slavonski Brod (15), Karlovac (<10), Knin (<5), and in Umag (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Džeba (including: Dzeba , Deeba , Deba , Debba , Debah , Dheba , Djeba , Debaa , Dzheba and Debha ) is present in 64 countries worldwide. The family name "Dzeba " is used by some 300 people in Ukraine , about 100 in Russian Federation , and small number of people in the United States. "Djebah " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivica Džeba, Stanislav Džeba, Hrvoje Džeba, Dajana Džeba, Biserka Džeba, Jadranka Džeba, Brankica Džeba, Predrag Džeba, Mirela Džeba, Silvestar Džeba, Juraj Džeba, Martina Džeba, Tomislav Džeba, Mile Džeba, Krešimir Džeba, Miroslav Džeba, Miljenko Džeba, Lucija Džeba, Anto Džeba

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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