Surname Rubeša in modern Croatia

Rubeša families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Korcula. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and on the Island of Korcula.

Prevalence

About 330 people with faimily name Rubeša live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 380 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 27 other places, mostly in Kastav (55), Vela Luka on the Island of Korcula (45), Rijeka (45), Matulji in Opatija area (45), and in Zagreb (25).

Outside Croatia

At least ten families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (4), New Zealand (1), France (1), Canada (1), Germany (1), the United States (1), and to Venezuela (1).
Family name Rubeša (including: Rubesa , Rubesha and Rubessa ) is present in 23 countries worldwide. The family name "Rubesa " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Latvia , and small number of people in Australia. "Rubesha " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Gordana Rubeša, Josipa Rubeša, Radenko Rubeša, Boris Rubeša, Svjetlana Rubeša, Renato Rubeša, Zdravko Rubeša, Vjeran Rubeša, Domagoj Rubeša, Ivor Rubeša, Damir Rubeša, Sanjin Rubeša, Mario Rubeša, Loreta Rubeša, Vedran Rubeša, Rene Rubeša, Mirko Rubeša, Jadranka Rubeša, Božica Rubeša

Mentions in sources

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.

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