Surname Ljubić in modern Croatia

Ljubić families are Croats and they are mostly from Herzegovina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Herzegovina (Siroki Brijeg area). In Brnjica in Sibenik nearly every inhabitant had the family name Ljubić.

Prevalence

About 2200 people with faimily name Ljubić live in Croatia today, in 950 households. There were 1800 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 76 cities and 193 other places, mostly in Zagreb (555), Sibenik (150), Split (140), Velika Horvatska in Pregrada area (65), and in Kastel Luksic (60).

Outside Croatia

At least 24 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (14), the United States (2), France (2), Australia (2), Austria (1), Argentina (1), Canada (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Ljubić (including: Ljubic , Lyubich , Ljubich , Lyubych , Liubich , Ljubitsch , Liubici , Lyubic , Liubych and Liubic ) is present in 36 countries worldwide. "Ljubich " is used by some 50 people in Argentina , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Draga Ljubić, Frano Ljubić, Maja Ljubić, Zlatko Ljubić, Spomenka Ljubić, Zdenko Ljubić, Ivan Ljubić, Miljenko Ljubić, Anita Ljubić, Branislav Ljubić, Ivica Ljubić, Lucija Ljubić, Mirjana Ljubić, Vladimir Ljubić, Milan Ljubić, Ivana Ljubić, Sabina Ljubić, Božo Ljubić, Zoran Ljubić

Mentions in sources

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

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