Surname Kalabić in modern Croatia

Kalabić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Slavonski Brod , also Bosniaks (from middle Bosnia) and Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Zavidovici area) and in Slavonski Brod. In Krasulje in Cazins Region (Bosnia) every fourth inhabitant had the family name Kalabić.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Kalabić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Makarska (10), Rijeka (<10), Slavonski Brod (<10), and in Rovinj (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Kalabić (including: Kalabic , Kalabich ) is present in 13 countries on two continents. The family name "Kalabic " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 70 in the United States , and some 60 people in Russian Federation. "Kalabich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Drago Kalabić, Katica Kalabić, Nesim Kalabić, Robert Kalabić, Nataša Kalabić, Senaid Kalabić, Mirjana Kalabić, Goran Kalabić, Najila Kalabić, Emsud Kalabić, Ljiljana Kalabić, Nikolina Kalabić, Nenad Kalabić, Amir Kalabić, Sandra Kalabić, Nusmira Kalabić, Ivančica Kalabić, Jasmina Kalabić, Hanifa Kalabić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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