Surname Šerbula in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šerbula families are generally Serbs, rarely Croats (from Samobor ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Hrvatska Kostajnica area and in Zagreb. In Trgovi in Hrvatska Kostajnica area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Šerbula.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Šerbula live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), in Trgovi (<10), Dvor (<5) and Drljaca (<5) in Hrvatska Kostajnica area, and in Cavle in Rijeka area (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Canada (1) and the United States (1).
Family name Šerbula (including: Serbula , Scherbula and Sherbula ) is present in 9 countries on four continents. "Sherbula " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nikolina Šerbula, Boško Šerbula, Milka Šerbula, Jasmina Šerbula, Slobodan Šerbula, Željko Šerbula, Mile Šerbula, Desanka Šerbula, Siniša Šerbula, Goran Šerbula, Milica Šerbula, Dario Šerbula, Milorad Šerbula, Branko Šerbula, Milan Šerbula, Savo Šerbula, Bosiljka Šerbula, Dragica Šerbula, Radovan Šerbula

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1928 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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