Surname Rabić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Rabić families are Croats (from Slatina ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pozega area and in Pozega. In Novo Zvečevo in Pozega area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Rabić.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Rabić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Slatina (20), Zagreb (15), Radosavci (10), Pozega (<10), and in Osijek (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Rabić (including: Rabic , Rabitsch , Rabich , Rabick , Hrabiec , Hrabic , Rabiec , Rabbich and Rabicho ) is present in 32 countries worldwide. The family name "Rabic " is used by some 80 people in the United States , small number in the Philippines , and small number of people in Turkey. "Rabich " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 70 in Germany , and small number of people in Ukraine. "Rabick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Domagoj Rabić, Vladimir Rabić, Đoana Rabić, Zlatko Rabić, Zoran Rabić, Dragana Rabić, Blaženka Rabić, Ivan Rabić, Snježana Rabić, Goran Rabić, Mario Rabić, Mirko Rabić, Siniša Rabić, Igor Rabić, Tatjana Rabić, Martina Rabić, Juraj Rabić, Antun Rabić, Željko Rabić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1935 in source Faculty of Humanities University of Zagreb Alumni.

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