Surname Zubčić in modern Croatia

Zubčić families are Croats and they are mostly from Novigrada. According to some sources they are from Starigrad area or from Tribnja. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and Novigrad. In Pridraga in Novigrad every seventh inhabitant had the family name Zubčić.

Prevalence

About 1200 people with faimily name Zubčić live in Croatia today, in 510 households. There were 690 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 44 cities and 58 other places, mostly in Zadar (295), Pridraga in Novigrad Area in Dalmatia (265), Zagreb (140), Rijeka (70), and in Policnik in Zadar area (40).

Outside Croatia

At least 13 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (5), France (3), the Netherlands (1), Switzerland (1), the United States (1), Australia (1), and to Austria (1).
Family name Zubčić (including: Zubcic , Zubcich ) is present in 12 countries on four continents. The family name "Zubcic " is used by some 500 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Vedran Zubčić, Željko Zubčić, Snježana Zubčić, Jasna Zubčić, Darko Zubčić, Tomislav Zubčić, Roberto Zubčić, Zdenko Zubčić, Mira Zubčić, Marina Zubčić, Gorana Zubčić, Vladimir Zubčić, Ivan Zubčić, Davor Zubčić, Marinka Zubčić, Kuzman Zubčić, Boris Zubčić, Vlasta Zubčić, Mate Zubčić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1691 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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