Surname Pribić in modern Croatia

Pribić families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Otocac area , whereas often Croats. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Otocac area. In Željava in Otocac area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Pribić.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Pribić live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Slakovci in Vinkovci area (<10), Vrelo Korenicko in Otocac area (<10), Krs in Gospic area (<10), and in Varazdin (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pribić (including: Pribich , Pribic and Pribych ) is present in 14 countries on four continents. The family name "Pribic " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Germany. "Pribich " is used by some 50 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Sanja Pribić, Sanda Pribić, Stevan Pribić, Mane Pribić, Predrag Pribić, Mladen Pribić, Nevenka Pribić, Rajko Pribić, Milan Pribić, Krunoslav Pribić, Ljubomir Pribić, Veljko Pribić, Bosiljka Pribić, Zumbulka Pribić, Ivana Pribić, Siniša Pribić, Dragana Pribić, Marko Pribić, Nikola Pribić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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