In Croatia, Hubej families are Croats (from Pregrada area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pregrada area and in Zabok. In Grohot in Pregrada area every second inhabitant had the family name Hubej.
Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Hubej live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 80 percent. They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Grohot in Pregrada area (<10), Vrhi Vinagorski (<5), Zapresic (<5), and in Vis on the Island of Vis (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.