Surname Šerbo in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šerbo families are predominantly Croats (from Split ), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Sinj.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Šerbo live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Split (30), Zagreb (<10), Solin (<5), Kastel Sucurac (<5), and in Kastel Stari (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šerbo (including: Serbo , Scerbo , Scherbo , Sherbo and Shcherbo ) is present in 35 countries worldwide. "Sherbo " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Egypt , and some 80 people in Canada. "Scerbo " is used by some 2000 people in the United States , about 1000 in Italy , and some 600 people in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Nada Šerbo, Neda Šerbo, Branko Šerbo, Larisa Šerbo, Miloš Šerbo, Davor Šerbo, Smiljana Šerbo, Tea Šerbo, Iskra Šerbo, Mirko Šerbo, Damir Šerbo, Slaven Šerbo, Jakov Šerbo, Jadranka Šerbo, Marica Šerbo, Nadomir Šerbo, Saša Šerbo, Biljana Šerbo, Zlatko Šerbo

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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