Surname Ribić in modern Croatia

Ribić families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Virovitica area , barely Bosniaks (iz Tuzla Region, Bosnia) and Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Varazdin. In Grgići in Middle Bosnia every second inhabitant had the family name Ribić.

Prevalence

About 1300 people with faimily name Ribić live in Croatia today, in 550 households. There were 1300 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 63 cities and 168 other places, mostly in Zagreb (190), Osijek (50), Ribic Breg (45), Karlovac (45), and in Virovitica (40).

Outside Croatia

At least 24 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (7), Germany (4), Australia (4), Switzerland (4), Canada (3), and to Austria (2).
Family name Ribić (including: Ribic , Ribich , Ribitsch , Rybiec , Ribick , Ribbich , Rybick , Hribick and Ribicz ) is present in 27 countries worldwide. The family name "Ribic " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 400 in Austria , and some 100 people in Australia. "Ribich " is used by some 400 people in the United States , small number in Ukraine , and small number of people in Canada. "Ribitsch " is used by some 100 people in Austria , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Vilim Ribić, Predrag Ribić, Vlado Ribić, Tomislav Ribić, Anđelko Ribić, Zlatko Ribić, Marija Ribić, Dragiša Ribić, Josip Ribić, Stjepan Ribić, Mirjana Ribić, Krešimir Ribić, Dean Ribić, Goran Ribić, Davor Ribić, Toni Ribić, Miroslav Ribić, Alen Ribić, Dejan Ribić

Mentions in sources

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

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