Surname Gabelica in modern Croatia

Gabelica families are Croats and they are mostly from Imotski area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Imotski area and in Imotsko.

Prevalence

About 310 people with faimily name Gabelica live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Podbablje Gornje in Imotski area (95), Zagreb (55), Zmijavci in Imotski area (50), Split (25), and in Podstrana in Solin area (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gabelica is present in 7 countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Ninoslav Gabelica, Damir Gabelica, Ivan Gabelica, Mislav Gabelica, Marina Gabelica, Slavica Gabelica, Zdravko Gabelica, Vinko Gabelica, Rajka Gabelica, David Gabelica, Ivanka Gabelica, Veronika Gabelica, Domagoj Gabelica, Željko Gabelica, Mila Gabelica, Suzana Gabelica, Anita Gabelica, Hrvatin Gabelica, Snježana Gabelica

Mentions in sources

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

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