Surname Dabo in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 380 people with faimily name Dabo live in Croatia today, in 160 households. There were 370 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Novalja on the Island of Pag (210), Zagreb (50), Rijeka (45), Dubrovnik (20), and in Split (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 16 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (5), Australia (4), the United States (4), France (2), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Dabo (including: Daboh , Daboo , Dabbo , Dabho , Daabo , Dhabo and Dabboo ) is present in 86 countries worldwide. "Daboo " is used by some 100 people in Mauritius , about 80 in Ghana , and small number of people in the United States. "Dabbo " is used by some 100 people in Jordan , small number in Indonesia , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Jagoda Dabo, Mario Dabo, Ivan Dabo, Nives Dabo, Tanja Dabo, Đuro Dabo, Tomislav Dabo, Ivica Dabo, Anton Dabo, Marin Dabo, Dalibor Dabo, Talika Dabo, Ivo Dabo, Ozren Dabo, Edita Dabo, Zdravko Dabo, Nada Dabo, Senka Dabo, Mirjana Dabo

Mentions in sources

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

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