Surname Golub in modern Croatia

Golub families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Krapina. In Dubravec in Ivanec area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Golub.

Prevalence

About 1700 people with faimily name Golub live in Croatia today, in 720 households. There were 1600 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 67 cities and 198 other places, mostly in Zagreb (285), Varazdin (70), Dubravec in Ivanec area (65), Lepajci (50), and in Cakovec (40).

Outside Croatia

At least nine families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (4), Switzerland (2), the United States (1), Australia (1), and to Argentina (1).
Family name Golub is present in 59 countries worldwide. The family name "Golub " is used by some 30000 people in Ukraine , about 20000 in Russian Federation , and some 5000 people in the United States. "Gollub " is used by some 600 people in Germany , about 300 in the United States , and some 90 people in Brazil.

Characteristic first names

Aleksandar Golub, Koraljka Golub, Izidor Golub, Siniša Golub, Branka Golub, Andrija Golub, Ivan Golub, Tamara Golub, Miroslav Golub, Mijo Golub, Marin Golub, Ivana Golub, Martina Golub, Vlado Golub, Sanders Golub, Bijanka Golub, Neven Golub, Josip Golub, Bernard Golub

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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