Surname Zabavnik in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Zabavnik families are predominantly Croats (from Koprivnica area ), rarely Slovenes (from Slovenia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and on the Island of Losinj.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Zabavnik live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Mali Losinj on the Island of Losinj (<10), Donja Dubrava in Koprivnica area (<10), Cakovec (<5), and in Podstrana in Solin area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Zabavnik (including: Zabavnykh , Zabawnik ) is present in 10 countries on four continents.

Characteristic first names

Ivica Zabavnik, Stjepan Zabavnik, Damir Zabavnik, Karolina Zabavnik, Zoran Zabavnik, Janja Zabavnik, Željko Zabavnik, Nevenka Zabavnik, Đurđica Zabavnik, Dolores Zabavnik, Joško Zabavnik, Marjan Zabavnik, Gordana Zabavnik, Mihaela Zabavnik, Antonija Zabavnik, Ljubica Zabavnik, Vlado Zabavnik, Jelka Zabavnik, Dragica Zabavnik

Mentions in sources

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

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