Surname Ribarić in modern Croatia

Ribarić families are Croats and they are mostly from Ozalj area. According to some sources they are from Ribarici near Ogulin. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and on the Island of Rab. In Orljakovo in Ozalj area every second inhabitant had the family name Ribarić.

Prevalence

About 1000 people with faimily name Ribarić live in Croatia today, in 450 households. There were 1100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 52 cities and 111 other places, mostly in Banjol on the Island of Rab (115), Zagreb (95), Rijeka (80), Palit on the Island of Rab (60), and in Orljakovo in Ozalj area (45).

Outside Croatia

At least 39 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (9), Canada (9), Germany (8), Sweden (6), France (5), and to the United States (2).
Family name Ribarić (including: Ribaric , Ribarich and Ribarics ) is present in 20 countries on four continents. The family name "Ribaric " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Argentina. "Ribarich " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Australia , and small number of people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Boris Ribarić, Vesna Ribarić, Jasna Ribarić, Dunja Ribarić, Marija Ribarić, Gordana Ribarić, Vinko Ribarić, Dražen Ribarić, Marina Ribarić, Slobodan Ribarić, Branka Ribarić, Romano Ribarić, Omer Ribarić, Stjepan Ribarić, Nebojša Ribarić, Damir Ribarić, Ivan Ribarić, Emil Ribarić, Nikolina Ribarić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1673 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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