Zeba families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Krajina , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosnian Krajina (Kotor Varos area) and in Bosanian Posavina (Derventa area). In Plitska in Bosnian Krajina every fourth inhabitant had the family name Zeba.
Prevalence
About 920 people with faimily name Zeba live in Croatia today, in 350 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 40 cities and 101 other places, mostly in Zagreb (200), Slavonski Brod (95), Kaptol in Pozega area (55), Sesvete (35), and in Velika in Pozega area (30).
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.