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Surname Dobi in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Dobi families are Hungarians by relative majority (from Osijek area ), equally Croats (also from Osijek area ), and very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Donji Miholjac.
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Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Dobi live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in four Croatian counties and four other places, mostly in Darda (15) and Laslovo (<10) in Osijek area, Zagreb (<5), Donji Miholjac (<5), and in Osijek (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Dobi (including: Dhobi , Dobie , Dobbie , Dobhi , Dhobhi , Doobie , Doobi , Dobbi and Dohbi ) is present in 84 countries worldwide. "Dobie " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 700 in South Africa , and some 600 people in Great Britain. "Doobie " is used by small number of people in Indonesia and small number in the United States. "Doby " is used by some 4000 people in the United States , about 2000 in Niger , and some 400 people in Madagascar.
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Characteristic first names
Stjepan Dobi,
Robert Dobi,
Tibor Dobi,
Zoltan Dobi,
Snježana Dobi,
Karolina Dobi,
Alma Dobi,
Mato Dobi,
Ivančica Dobi,
Tatjana Dobi,
Petar Dobi,
Marija Dobi,
Ištvan Dobi,
Verica Dobi,
Enkeleid Dobi,
Slađana Dobi,
Andrej Dobi,
Nina Dobi,
Ladislav Dobi