Surname Tarabić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Tarabić families are predominantly Croats (from Petrinja area ), rarely Serbs, and barely Bosniaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Karlovac.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Tarabić live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Karlovac (15), Grubisno Polje (<5), Vinkovci (<5), and in Dubrovnik (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Tarabić (including: Tarabichi , Tarabic , Tarabick and Tarabich ) is present in 20 countries on three continents. "Tarabick " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Tarabichi " is used by some 6000 people in Syria , about 100 in Lebanon , and some 60 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Josip Tarabić, Gordana Tarabić, Milan Tarabić, Nikola Tarabić, Sanja Tarabić, Saša Tarabić, Ivana Tarabić, Tomislav Tarabić, Vlado Tarabić, Andreja Tarabić, Goran Tarabić, Marta Tarabić, Danijel Tarabić, Martina Tarabić, Namik Tarabić, Raco Tarabić, Pero Tarabić, Drago Tarabić, Liljana Tarabić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1938 in source Phone Book - Zagreb 1938.

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