Surname Rebić in modern Croatia

Rebić families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Imotsko , less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Imotsko and Zagreb. In Donji Vinjani in Imotsko every eighth inhabitant had the family name Rebić.

Prevalence

About 1200 people with faimily name Rebić live in Croatia today, in 480 households. There were 1200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 55 cities and 93 other places, mostly in Imotski (210), Donji Vinjani (150), Zagreb (150), Split (55), and in Osijek (45).

Outside Croatia

Family name Rebić (including: Rebic , Rebich , Rebick , Hrebic , Herebic , Rebitsch and Hrebich ) is present in 26 countries worldwide. The family name "Rebic " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 80 in Germany , and some 80 people in Canada. "Rebich " is used by some 400 people in the United States and small number in Argentina. "Rebick " is used by some 50 people in the United States and small number in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Pavao Rebić, Adalbert Rebić, Miljenko Rebić, Goran Rebić, Niko Rebić, Vinka Rebić, Marko Rebić, Silvo Rebić, Boško Rebić, Nenad Rebić, Nikola Rebić, Lovro Rebić, Mijo Rebić, Damir Rebić, Sanja Rebić, Dejan Rebić, Mihael Rebić, Mario Rebić, Zdeslav Rebić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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