Surname Zubović in modern Croatia

Zubović families are usually Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Pag , barely Serbs and Bosniaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Pag and in Rijeka. In places Zubovići and Kolan on the Island of Pag every second inhabitant had the family name Zubović.

Prevalence

About 770 people with faimily name Zubović live in Croatia today, in 370 households. There were 690 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 39 cities and 62 other places, mostly in Zubovici on the Island of Pag (190), Rijeka (180), Zagreb (105), Kolan on the Island of Pag (45), and in Pozega (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 16 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (6), the United States (6), Germany (3), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Zubović (including: Zubovic , Zubovich , Zubowicz , Zubovych and Zubowich ) is present in 33 countries worldwide. The family name "Zubovic " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in France , and some 100 people in Australia. "Zubowicz " is used by some 700 people in Poland , about 80 in the United States , and small number of people in Argentina. "Zubowich " is used by few people in Canada and few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Željko Zubović, Ivan Zubović, Sanja Zubović, Zvonimir Zubović, Dražen Zubović, Radenka Zubović, Damir Zubović, Jadranka Zubović, Siniša Zubović, Virdžinia Zubović, Sanel Zubović, Zoran Zubović, Dean Zubović, Danijela Zubović, Neven Zubović, Branko Zubović, Robert Zubović, Marina Zubović, Maja Zubović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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