Surname Urbas in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Urbas families are mainly Croats (from Jastrebarsko ), less frequently Italians (from Umag ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Jastrebarsko. In Kmeti in Umag every sixth inhabitant had the family name Urbas.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Urbas live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties and another small place , mostly in Zagreb (<10), Umag (<10), Samobor (<5), Solin (<5), and in Lastovo on the Island of Lastovo (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and Germany (1).
Family name Urbas (including: Urbash , Urbass and Urbacz ) is present in 27 countries worldwide. The family name "Urbas " is used by some 800 people in Poland , about 700 in the United States , and some 200 people in Germany. "Urbass " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Rosanda Urbas, Flavia Urbas, Željko Urbas, Leo Urbas, Andrea Urbas, Stanislav Urbas, Niko Urbas, Joža Urbas, Tomislav Urbas, Ksenija Urbas, Ruža Urbas, Nada Urbas, Božidar Urbas, Germano Urbas, Anita Urbas, Anna Urbas, Veronika Urbas, Franko Urbas, Rok Urbas

Mentions in sources

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

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