Surname Fabian in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Fabian families are predominantly Croats (from Pleternica ), rarely Italians (from Pula ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Dubrovnik.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Fabian live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Pula (10), Rijeka (<5), Dubrovnik (<5), and in Mokosica (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (2), Germany (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Fabian (including: Phabian , Fabbian , Fabyan , Fabián , Fábián , Fabiann and Fabiean ) is present in 111 countries worldwide. "Fabiean " is used by few people in the United States. "Fabyan " is used by some 400 people in Ghana , about 200 in the United States , and some 70 people in Ukraine.

Characteristic first names

Vidor Fabian, Andor Fabian, Tajana Fabian, Saša Fabian, Auro Fabian, Tonko Fabian, Petra Fabian, Anton Fabian, Anika Fabian, Anamarija Fabian, Branko Fabian, Vesna Fabian, Stane Fabian, Ugo Fabian, Marina Fabian, Josip Fabian, Ivanka Fabian, Gordana Fabian, Spomenka Fabian

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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