Surname Ušljebrka in modern Croatia

Ušljebrka families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Benkovac , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Benkovac and Zadar. In Bjelina in Benkovac every fourth inhabitant had the family name Ušljebrka.

Prevalence

About 210 people with faimily name Ušljebrka live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Bjelina (45), Rijeka (40), Zadar (40), Zagreb (30), and in Split (20).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (2), the United States (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Ušljebrka is present in this form only in Croatia.

Characteristic first names

Mirjana Ušljebrka, Boris Ušljebrka, Ivan Ušljebrka, Vjekoslav Ušljebrka, Vladimir Ušljebrka, Zoran Ušljebrka, Goran Ušljebrka, Nada Ušljebrka, Marina Ušljebrka, Emina Ušljebrka, Krešimir Ušljebrka, Josipa Ušljebrka, Nikola Ušljebrka, Zlatko Ušljebrka, Miljenko Ušljebrka, Dalibor Ušljebrka, Šime Ušljebrka, Dragan Ušljebrka, Branko Ušljebrka

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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