Surname Somborac in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Somborac families are almost entirely Croats (from Ilok area ), barely Slovaks (from the Island of Brac ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djakovo and in Ilok area.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Somborac live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Djakovo (<10), Opatija (<10), Ravna Gora in Delnice area (<10), and in Dvor in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Somborac is present in 7 countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Miroljub Somborac, Terezija Somborac, Damir Somborac, Katarina Somborac, Emanuel Somborac, Marin Somborac, Željko Somborac, Goran Somborac, Ljubica Somborac, Suzana Somborac, Gabrijel Somborac, Stjepan Somborac, Miroslav Somborac, Marija Somborac, Vladimir Somborac, Antun Somborac, Slavica Somborac, Mihaela Somborac, Eugen Somborac

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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