Surname Žgombić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Žgombić families are Croats (from the Island of Krk ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and on the Island of Krk. In Oštrobradić on the Island of Krk every sixth inhabitant had the family name Žgombić.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Žgombić live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in two Croatian counties, two cities and 5 other places, mostly in Malinska (<10), Kremenici (<10) and Zgombici (<10) on the Island of Krk, Rijeka (<5), and in Milcetici on the Island of Krk (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least 11 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Žgombić (including: Zgombic , Zgombick ) is present in 6 countries on three continents. The family name "Zgombic " is used by some 100 people in the United States. "Zgombick " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Anton Žgombić, Ileana Žgombić, Daniel Žgombić, Ivan Žgombić, Robert Žgombić, Jelica Žgombić, Ivica Žgombić, Nataša Žgombić, Josip Žgombić, Jadranka Žgombić, Pero Žgombić, Aida Žgombić, Filip Žgombić, Mato Žgombić, Miranda Žgombić, Šime Žgombić, Petar Žgombić, Andrej Žgombić, Dušanka Žgombić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1936 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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