Surname Job in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Job families are Croats (from Lepoglava ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Lepoglava and Osijek.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Job live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and four other places, mostly in Varazdin (15), Donji Miholjac (10), Slatina (<10), Zlogonje (<10), and in Koprivnica (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Job (including: Yob , Jobb , Iob , Joob , Johb , Yobb and Yoob ) is present in 116 countries worldwide. The family name "Job " is used by some 7000 people in Uganda , about 6000 in Brazil , and some 6000 people in the United States. "Yob " is used by some 600 people in Malaysia , about 600 in the United States , and some 300 people in the Philippines. "Iob " is used by small number of people in Canada , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Josip Job, Smiljko Job, Renata Job, Branka Job, Marija Job, Branko Job, Dubravko Job, Zlatka Job, Zvonko Job, Edvard Job, Ignjat Job, Cvijeta Job, Zlatko Job, Damir Job, Dragutin Job, Zdenka Job, Cvijeto Job, Jovanka Job, Ruža Job

Mentions in sources

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

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