Ćubelić families are Croats and they are mostly from Omis area and Imotskog. According to some sources they are from Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Omis area and in Split. In Dobranje in Omis area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Ćubelić.
Prevalence
About 300 people with faimily name Ćubelić live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 22 other places, mostly in Split (140), Dobranje in Omis area (55), Rijeka (35), Zagreb (10), and in Solin (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Ćubelić is present in five countries on three continents. The family name "Cubelic " is used by some 50 people in the United States , small number in Australia , and small number of people in Germany.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.
