Surname Sabo in modern Croatia

Sabo families are often Croats and they are mostly from Djakovo area , less frequently Hungarians (from Beli Manastir area ) and Slovaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Pakrac.

Prevalence

About 1300 people with faimily name Sabo live in Croatia today, in 590 households. There were 1600 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 66 cities and 167 other places, mostly in Osijek (130), Zagreb (85), Cepin in Osijek area (50), Vukovar (35), and in Virovitica (35).

Outside Croatia

At least 23 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (9), Australia (5), Austria (4), the United States (2), Switzerland (1), France (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Sabo (including: Szabo , Shabo , Saboo , Sabbo , Shabbo , Saabo , Sabboo , Saboh and Sabooh ) is present in 131 countries worldwide. The family name "Sabo " is used by some 20000 people in the United States , about 20000 in Niger , and some 10000 people in Burkina Faso. "Saboo " is used by some 200 people in Indonesia , about 200 in Thailand , and some 200 people in the United States. "Szabo " is used by some 200000 people in Hungary , about 60000 in Romania , and some 30000 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dubravka Sabo, Ivan Sabo, Davor Sabo, Helena Sabo, Pjerina Sabo, Josip Sabo, Zdenko Sabo, Darko Sabo, Stjepan Sabo, Mirjana Sabo, Franjo Sabo, Božidar Sabo, Saša Sabo, Manda Sabo, Vedran Sabo, Biljana Sabo, Karlo Sabo, Martina Sabo, Milica Sabo

Mentions in sources

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

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