Gabud families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zlatar area and in Zagreb. In Laz Bistrički in Zlatar area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Gabud.
Prevalence
About 390 people with faimily name Gabud live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 370 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 23 cities and 34 other places, mostly in Laz Bistricki in Zlatar area (165), Zagreb (85), Sesvete (20), Laz Stubicki in Zlatar area (15), and in Velika Gorica (15).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.