Surname Hajba in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Hajba families are generally Croats (from Orahovica ), very rarely Hungarians (also from Orahovica ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Orahovica and Virovitica.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Hajba live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and four other places, mostly in Orahovica (15), Virovitica (10), Visnjevac (<10), Budrovac Lukacki in Virovitica area (<5), and in Boksic in Nasice area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Hajba (including: Heiba , Haiba , Thaiba , Hayba , Cheiba , Cheibah and Chayba ) is present in 53 countries worldwide. The family name "Hajba " is used by some 400 people in Hungary , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Germany. "Hayba " is used by some 900 people in Egypt , about 60 in Tanzania , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Gabrijela Hajba, Dario Hajba, Marijo Hajba, Željko Hajba, Valerija Hajba, Kazimir Hajba, Ivan Hajba, Marija Hajba, Alen Hajba, Željan Hajba, Roža Hajba, Pava Hajba, Stjepan Hajba, Katica Hajba, Tihomir Hajba, Marijana Hajba, Josip Hajba, Zlatko Hajba, Zdenko Hajba

Mentions in sources

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

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