In Croatia, Rubessa families are Italians (from Umag ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Umag.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Rubessa live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in only two Croatian places: in Zambratija (<5) and Savudrija (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Rubessa is present in 6 countries on four continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.