Surname Pobi in modern Croatia

Pobi families are Croats and they are mostly from Djurdjevac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djurdjevac area and in Koprivnica.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Pobi live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Koprivnica (40), Gola in Djurdjevac area (25), Zagreb (20), Viljevo in Donji Miholjac area (<10), and in Peteranec in Koprivnica area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pobi (including: Pobie , Poby ) is present in 17 countries worldwide. "Poby " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vladimir Pobi, Josip Pobi, Ivan Pobi, Bernardo Pobi, Igor Pobi, Dragan Pobi, Božica Pobi, Vesna Pobi, Ivanka Pobi, Mirjana Pobi, Jelena Pobi, Marijan Pobi, Dražen Pobi, Martina Pobi, Kata Pobi, Krunoslav Pobi, Kristina Pobi, Karlo Pobi, Marija Pobi

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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