Surname Sablić in modern Croatia

Sablić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Sinj area. According to some sources they are from Montenegro, very rarely Hungarians (Grubisno Polje), and Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Sinj.

Prevalence

About 640 people with faimily name Sablić live in Croatia today, in 270 households. There were 550 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 41 cities and 47 other places, mostly in Split (105), Rijeka (70), Vojnic Sinjski in Sinj area (55), Sinj (55), and in Zagreb (50).

Outside Croatia

At least 13 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (7), Germany (3), and to Australia (3).
Family name Sablić (including: Sablic , Sablich , Sablick , Shablich and Sablici ) is present in 20 countries on four continents. The family name "Sablic " is used by some 200 people in Argentina , about 60 in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Sablich " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 200 in Peru , and some 200 people in Argentina. "Sablick " is used by some 50 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Damir Sablić, Marija Sablić, Davor Sablić, Vatroslav Sablić, Ana Sablić, Andrej Sablić, Tihomir Sablić, Igor Sablić, Milan Sablić, Krunoslav Sablić, Virna Sablić, Dejan Sablić, Srđana Sablić, Leo Sablić, Ivica Sablić, Marinko Sablić, Nevenko Sablić, Dujo Sablić, Mirela Sablić

Mentions in sources

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

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