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Surname Golob in modern Croatia
Golob families are Croats and they are mostly from Pazin. According to some sources they are from Posavine (Slavonski Brod, Bosanski Brod) or from Kranj area, Slovenija. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Pazin. In Vela Traba in Pazin every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Golob.
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Prevalence
About 80 people with faimily name Golob live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Rijeka (15), Beram (10), Pula (<10), and in Varazdin (<10).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Golob is present in 37 countries worldwide. The family name "Golob " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 400 in Germany , and some 200 people in Brazil. "Gollob " is used by some 200 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and some 200 people in Austria.
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Characteristic first names
Zoran Golob,
Vjekoslava Golob,
Boris Golob,
Marino Golob,
Igor Golob,
Ivan Golob,
William Golob,
Alfredo Golob,
Gracijela Golob,
Stanislav Golob,
Zvonimir Golob,
Peter Golob,
Tea Golob,
Tomislav Golob,
Ferdo Golob,
Željko Golob,
Milica Golob,
Iva Golob,
Antun Golob
