Surname Zebić in modern Croatia

Zebić families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Sinj area. According to some sources they are from Hrvatsko Zagorje, Rama (north Herzegovina) or Bosnia, and rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sinj and in Sinj area. In Gljev in Sinj every ninth inhabitant had the family name Zebić.

Prevalence

About 830 people with faimily name Zebić live in Croatia today, in 340 households. There were 750 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 39 cities and 64 other places, mostly in Split (125), Zagreb (100), in Prisoje (60) and Sicane (50) in Sinj area, and in Gljev (45).

Outside Croatia

At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Canada (2), Australia (2), Germany (1), the United States (1), Austria (1), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Zebić (including: Zebic , Zebbiche , Zebiche , Zebich , Zebick and Zebitsch ) is present in 18 countries worldwide. The family name "Zebic " is used by some 100 people in Canada , small number in Australia , and small number of people in the United States. "Zebich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Zebitsch " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nikola Zebić, Mladen Zebić, Tomislav Zebić, Boris Zebić, Bojan Zebić, Željko Zebić, Josip Zebić, Jelka Zebić, Radojka Zebić, Ivica Zebić, Tajana Zebić, Ivana Zebić, Neven Zebić, Mirko Zebić, Zoran Zebić, Petar Zebić, Mišo Zebić, Marija Zebić, Sonja Zebić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1683 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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