Surname Rubić in modern Croatia

Rubić families are Croats and they are mostly from Omis area (Katuni). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Omis area and in Split.

Prevalence

About 420 people with faimily name Rubić live in Croatia today, in 180 households. There were 270 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 27 cities and 23 other places, mostly in Split (125), Zagreb (55), Solin (30), Katuni in Omis area (30), and in Nustar in Vinkovci area (25).

Outside Croatia

Family name Rubić (including: Rubic , Rubich , Rubick , Rubichi , Rubicz , Rubyck , Rubiec , Rubych , Rubics and Rubycz ) is present in 32 countries worldwide. The family name "Rubic " is used by some 500 people in the Philippines , about 400 in Germany , and some 100 people in the United States. "Rubich " is used by some 90 people in the United States , small number in Ukraine , and small number of people in Italy. "Rubicz " is used by some 50 people in Poland and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tihana Rubić, Krešimir Rubić, Zlatko Rubić, Marijan Rubić, Bogoslav Rubić, Jurica Rubić, Ivana Rubić, Vladimir Rubić, Igor Rubić, Goran Rubić, Dijana Rubić, Senka Rubić, Denis Rubić, Ivica Rubić, Domagoj Rubić, Mladen Rubić, Davorin Rubić, Žana Rubić, Ankica Rubić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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