Surname Kuba in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kuba families are Croats (from Pozega area ), barely Jews (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pozega and Osijek.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Kuba live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Jaksic in Pozega area (15), Zagreb (10), Buk (10), Pleternica (<10), and in Karlovac (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kuba (including: Cuba , Kubba , Khuba , Kubha , Khubba , Kubah , Quba , Kubbah and Kueba ) is present in 117 countries worldwide. "Khubba " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Czuba " is used by some 4000 people in Poland , about 500 in the United States , and some 90 people in Canada. "Chuba " is used by some 1000 people in Zambia , about 900 in Ukraine , and some 600 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vladimir Kuba, Bruno Kuba, Dražen Kuba, Monika Kuba, Zoran Kuba, Marijana Kuba, Dalimir Kuba, Ana Kuba, Branka Kuba, Anđelka Kuba, Damir Kuba, Sanja Kuba, Vlatka Kuba, Željana Kuba, Senka Kuba, Goran Kuba, Zlatko Kuba, Kata Kuba, Vesna Kuba

Mentions in sources

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

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