Surname Karabaić in modern Croatia

Karabaić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Krk. According to some sources they are from Jajce (Bosnia). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and on the Island of Krk.

Prevalence

About 210 people with faimily name Karabaić live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 280 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are only located in in 10 Croatian cities and 14 other places, mostly in Punat (70) and Krk (45) on the Island of Krk, Zagreb (25), Rijeka (25), and in Malinska on the Island of Krk (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 26 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (22), Germany (2), Argentina (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Karabaić (including: Karabaic , Karabaich ) is present in 7 countries on three continents. The family name "Karabaic " is used by some 80 people in the United States and small number in Austria. "Karabaich " is used by some 90 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Damir Karabaić, Veljko Karabaić, Suzana Karabaić, Robert Karabaić, Hrvoje Karabaić, Mladen Karabaić, Radovan Karabaić, Raul Karabaić, Vinko Karabaić, Goran Karabaić, Marija Karabaić, Branko Karabaić, Siniša Karabaić, Anton Karabaić, Mirna Karabaić, Emil Karabaić, Radenka Karabaić, Alen Karabaić, Danijela Karabaić

Mentions in sources

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

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