Croatia Genealogical Records
Croatia Birth & Baptism Records
An index to and images of millions of baptism, marriage and death records, including various personal and genealogical details.
Croatia Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to and images of millions of baptism, marriage and death records, including various personal and genealogical details.
Croatia Death & Burial Records
An index to and images of millions of baptism, marriage and death records, including various personal and genealogical details.
A searchable database of over 1 million Jewish burials with photographs of the matzevot.
Newspapers Covering Croatia
An index to over 2.1 million people mentioned in Associated Press stories, including name, subject, location, date and a reference to the article.
An index to and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.
An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.
Croatia Military Records
Details of around 120,000 European Jews saved from concentration camps and ghettos.
Croatia Court & Legal Records
An index of close to 10,000 Jews named in State Department files. The records cover Palestine, Romania, and Austria-Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Ukraine, Georgia, Yugoslavia, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Turkey, Tripoli, Barca, Greece, Serbia and Bulgaria.
Croatia Directories & Gazetteers
A statistic and descriptive gazetteer of nations.
Useful for locating places, this searchable gazetteer gives brief details, latitude and longitude for more than 1.5 million features, places and regions throughout the world.
Croatia Cemeteries
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Croatia Histories & Books
Over 60 million historic photographs and documents submitted to Ancestry. This rich collection contains many rare sources of interest to local historians and will be relevant to most genealogical research.
Over 7 million remembrances and historic details submitted by Ancestry members. Useful for local historians.
Details of around 120,000 European Jews saved from concentration camps and ghettos.
Croatia Occupation & Business Records
A database of cricket scores and players.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Croatia
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A compilation of lineage-linked family trees submitted by Ancestry users. The database contains over 2 billion individuals and is searchable by numerous metrics.
The lineages of Croatian nobility, with biographical details and extracts from historic documents.
The lineages of Byzantine Emperors and noble families, with biographical details and extracts from historic documents.
A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.
Croatia Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
The lineages of Croatian nobility, with biographical details and extracts from historic documents.
The lineages of Byzantine Emperors and noble families, with biographical details and extracts from historic documents.
A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.
Croatia Church Records
An index to and images of millions of baptism, marriage and death records, including various personal and genealogical details.
Croatia Maps
An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.
Croatia Reference Works
A forum for genealogical queries concerning Croatia.
Historical Description
Croatia, called by the Ancients Liburnia, and Valeria, hath on the East and South, Dalmatia; North, Savus; and West, Istria, and Carniola. The chief Towns are, 1. Gardiska, situate on Savus. 2. Bruman. 3. Novigrod, situate on the Savus also, hard upon Germany; and 4. Sisseghk.
The Croatians are generally called Crabats. Their Countrey hath the title of a Dukedom, and is subject partly to the Austrian, and partly to the Venetian.
Most Common Surnames in Croatia
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Knežević | 8,819 | 1:479 | |
| 2 | Horvat | 8,504 | 1:497 | |
| 3 | Kovačević | 7,936 | 1:533 | |
| 4 | Pavlović | 7,305 | 1:579 | |
| 5 | Blažević | 7,216 | 1:586 | |
| 6 | Božić | 6,855 | 1:617 | |
| 7 | Lovrić | 6,712 | 1:630 | |
| 8 | Babić | 5,449 | 1:776 | |
| 9 | Marković | 5,358 | 1:789 | |
| 10 | Bošnjak | 5,258 | 1:804 | |
| 11 | Grgić | 5,235 | 1:808 | |
| 12 | Brkić | 5,163 | 1:819 | |
| 13 | Filipović | 5,044 | 1:838 | |
| 14 | Vidović | 4,899 | 1:863 | |
| 15 | Tomić | 4,655 | 1:908 | |
| 16 | Kovačić | 4,644 | 1:911 | |
| 17 | Jukić | 4,590 | 1:921 | |
| 18 | Martinović | 4,497 | 1:940 | |
| 19 | Novak | 4,490 | 1:942 | |
| 20 | Petrović | 4,424 | 1:956 | |
| 21 | Mandić | 4,341 | 1:974 | |
| 22 | Šimunović | 4,315 | 1:980 | |
| 23 | Nikolić | 4,196 | 1:1,008 | |
| 24 | Jurković | 4,088 | 1:1,034 | |
| 25 | Barišić | 4,070 | 1:1,039 | |
| 26 | Lončar | 4,069 | 1:1,039 | |
| 27 | Živković | 3,943 | 1:1,072 | |
| 28 | Šimić | 3,902 | 1:1,084 | |
| 29 | Jurić | 3,887 | 1:1,088 | |
| 30 | Rukavina | 3,878 | 1:1,090 | |
| 31 | Perković | 3,769 | 1:1,122 | |
| 32 | Vučković | 3,747 | 1:1,129 | |
| 33 | Lukić | 3,687 | 1:1,147 | |
| 34 | Matijević | 3,635 | 1:1,163 | |
| 35 | Novosel | 3,625 | 1:1,167 | |
| 36 | Klarić | 3,617 | 1:1,169 | |
| 37 | Matković | 3,598 | 1:1,175 | |
| 38 | Pavić | 3,593 | 1:1,177 | |
| 39 | Bašić | 3,540 | 1:1,195 | |
| 40 | Antunović | 3,486 | 1:1,213 | |
| 41 | Marušić | 3,480 | 1:1,215 | |
| 42 | Ćosić | 3,437 | 1:1,230 | |
| 43 | Kovač | 3,404 | 1:1,242 | |
| 44 | Matić | 3,388 | 1:1,248 | |
| 45 | Miletić | 3,229 | 1:1,310 | |
| 46 | Posavec | 3,211 | 1:1,317 | |
| 47 | Kralj | 3,199 | 1:1,322 | |
| 48 | Vuković | 3,187 | 1:1,327 | |
| 49 | Varga | 3,178 | 1:1,331 | |
| 50 | Marjanović | 3,164 | 1:1,336 | |
| 51 | Popović | 3,146 | 1:1,344 | |
| 52 | Cindrić | 3,121 | 1:1,355 | |
| 53 | Grubišić | 3,055 | 1:1,384 | |
| 54 | Jakovljević | 3,040 | 1:1,391 | |
| 55 | Dujmović | 3,019 | 1:1,401 | |
| 56 | Novaković | 3,007 | 1:1,406 | |
| 57 | Jurišić | 2,982 | 1:1,418 | |
| 58 | Brajković | 2,975 | 1:1,421 | |
| 59 | Ivančić | 2,951 | 1:1,433 | |
| 60 | Perić | 2,918 | 1:1,449 | |
| 61 | Galić | 2,908 | 1:1,454 | |
| 62 | Bilić | 2,877 | 1:1,470 | |
| 63 | Ivanković | 2,873 | 1:1,472 | |
| 64 | Šimunić | 2,854 | 1:1,482 | |
| 65 | Jozić | 2,843 | 1:1,487 | |
| 66 | Crnković | 2,804 | 1:1,508 | |
| 67 | Marić | 2,759 | 1:1,533 | |
| 68 | Janković | 2,755 | 1:1,535 | |
| 69 | Burić | 2,744 | 1:1,541 | |
| 70 | Vrdoljak | 2,731 | 1:1,548 | |
| 71 | Kolarić | 2,725 | 1:1,552 | |
| 72 | Mitrović | 2,720 | 1:1,555 | |
| 73 | Mikulić | 2,709 | 1:1,561 | |
| 74 | Radić | 2,706 | 1:1,563 | |
| 75 | Dragičević | 2,692 | 1:1,571 | |
| 76 | Lučić | 2,691 | 1:1,571 | |
| 77 | Vukelić | 2,661 | 1:1,589 | |
| 78 | Đurđević | 2,644 | 1:1,599 | |
| 79 | Jovanović | 2,620 | 1:1,614 | |
| 80 | Grgurić | 2,610 | 1:1,620 | |
| 81 | Jurčević | 2,603 | 1:1,625 | |
| 82 | Vidaković | 2,571 | 1:1,645 | |
| 83 | Petković | 2,544 | 1:1,662 | |
| 84 | Ružić | 2,543 | 1:1,663 | |
| 85 | Herceg | 2,542 | 1:1,663 | |
| 86 | Abramović | 2,539 | 1:1,665 | |
| 87 | Šarić | 2,531 | 1:1,671 | |
| 88 | Đurić | 2,526 | 1:1,674 | |
| 89 | Pavlić | 2,498 | 1:1,693 | |
| 90 | Lončarić | 2,482 | 1:1,704 | |
| 91 | Stanić | 2,468 | 1:1,713 | |
| 92 | Butković | 2,462 | 1:1,718 | |
| 93 | Cvitković | 2,459 | 1:1,720 | |
| 94 | Katić | 2,457 | 1:1,721 | |
| 95 | Krznarić | 2,432 | 1:1,739 | |
| 96 | Josipović | 2,428 | 1:1,742 | |
| 97 | Ivanović | 2,422 | 1:1,746 | |
| 98 | Golubić | 2,405 | 1:1,758 | |
| 99 | Jelić | 2,397 | 1:1,764 | |
| 100 | Sever | 2,392 | 1:1,768 | |
| 101 | Krizmanić | 2,384 | 1:1,774 | |
| 102 | Štimac | 2,370 | 1:1,784 | |
| 103 | Mihaljević | 2,364 | 1:1,789 | |
| 104 | Jerković | 2,354 | 1:1,796 | |
| 105 | Tadić | 2,338 | 1:1,809 | |
| 106 | Radošević | 2,323 | 1:1,820 | |
| 107 | Valentić | 2,238 | 1:1,889 | |
| 108 | Bogdanović | 2,231 | 1:1,895 | |
| 109 | Jakšić | 2,214 | 1:1,910 | |
| 109 | Kolar | 2,214 | 1:1,910 | |
| 111 | Ivanišević | 2,213 | 1:1,911 | |
| 112 | Ljubić | 2,207 | 1:1,916 | |
| 113 | Ljubičić | 2,205 | 1:1,918 | |
| 114 | Barić | 2,204 | 1:1,919 | |
| 115 | Pintarić | 2,202 | 1:1,920 | |
| 116 | Milošević | 2,201 | 1:1,921 | |
| 117 | Ivković | 2,184 | 1:1,936 | |
| 118 | Mlinarić | 2,175 | 1:1,944 | |
| 119 | Erceg | 2,161 | 1:1,957 | |
| 120 | Bačić | 2,156 | 1:1,961 | |
| 121 | Poljak | 2,147 | 1:1,970 | |
| 122 | Andrić | 2,138 | 1:1,978 | |
| 123 | Pejić | 2,133 | 1:1,982 | |
| 124 | Vlahović | 2,130 | 1:1,985 | |
| 125 | Špoljarić | 2,102 | 1:2,012 | |
| 126 | Petrić | 2,097 | 1:2,017 | |
| 127 | Turkalj | 2,094 | 1:2,019 | |
| 128 | Tomašić | 2,082 | 1:2,031 | |
| 129 | Jurjević | 2,081 | 1:2,032 | |
| 130 | Pavelić | 2,079 | 1:2,034 | |
| 131 | Dukić | 2,078 | 1:2,035 | |
| 132 | Gregurić | 2,076 | 1:2,037 | |
| 133 | Starčević | 2,069 | 1:2,044 | |
| 134 | Mijatović | 2,053 | 1:2,060 | |
| 135 | Glavaš | 2,048 | 1:2,065 | |
| 136 | Stipić | 2,045 | 1:2,068 | |
| 137 | Cvetković | 2,037 | 1:2,076 | |
| 138 | Pavičić | 2,031 | 1:2,082 | |
| 139 | Sekulić | 2,030 | 1:2,083 | |
| 140 | Đukić | 2,015 | 1:2,099 | |
| 141 | Ilić | 1,999 | 1:2,115 | |
| 142 | Samardžić | 1,981 | 1:2,135 | |
| 143 | Duvnjak | 1,955 | 1:2,163 | |
| 144 | Budimir | 1,945 | 1:2,174 | |
| 145 | Damjanović | 1,944 | 1:2,175 | |
| 146 | Vlašić | 1,938 | 1:2,182 | |
| 147 | Bartulović | 1,932 | 1:2,189 | |
| 148 | Stojanović | 1,926 | 1:2,196 | |
| 149 | Puškarić | 1,918 | 1:2,205 | |
| 150 | Horvatić | 1,879 | 1:2,250 | |
| 151 | Sertić | 1,871 | 1:2,260 | |
| 152 | Bošković | 1,868 | 1:2,264 | |
| 153 | Delić | 1,852 | 1:2,283 | |
| 154 | Majstorović | 1,844 | 1:2,293 | |
| 155 | Kordić | 1,840 | 1:2,298 | |
| 156 | Bogdan | 1,838 | 1:2,301 | |
| 157 | Tomašević | 1,835 | 1:2,304 | |
| 158 | Kraljević | 1,826 | 1:2,316 | |
| 159 | Rendulić | 1,822 | 1:2,321 | |
| 160 | Vojnović | 1,821 | 1:2,322 | |
| 161 | Zorić | 1,819 | 1:2,325 | |
| 162 | Matanović | 1,813 | 1:2,332 | |
| 163 | Ostojić | 1,800 | 1:2,349 | |
| 163 | Rajković | 1,800 | 1:2,349 | |
| 165 | Sabljak | 1,791 | 1:2,361 | |
| 166 | Brčić | 1,784 | 1:2,370 | |
| 167 | Meštrović | 1,769 | 1:2,390 | |
| 168 | Kujundžić | 1,765 | 1:2,396 | |
| 169 | Jurčić | 1,762 | 1:2,400 | |
| 170 | Knezović | 1,757 | 1:2,407 | |
| 171 | Antolović | 1,756 | 1:2,408 | |
| 171 | Pavković | 1,756 | 1:2,408 | |
| 171 | Petričević | 1,756 | 1:2,408 | |
| 174 | Mišković | 1,749 | 1:2,418 | |
| 175 | Pranjić | 1,741 | 1:2,429 | |
| 176 | Devčić | 1,740 | 1:2,430 | |
| 177 | Medved | 1,739 | 1:2,432 | |
| 178 | Barbarić | 1,735 | 1:2,437 | |
| 179 | Kos | 1,733 | 1:2,440 | |
| 180 | Marinović | 1,731 | 1:2,443 | |
| 181 | Vinković | 1,728 | 1:2,447 | |
| 182 | Stanković | 1,721 | 1:2,457 | |
| 183 | Kozina | 1,719 | 1:2,460 | |
| 184 | Benković | 1,715 | 1:2,466 | |
| 185 | Matijašević | 1,712 | 1:2,470 | |
| 186 | Matošević | 1,710 | 1:2,473 | |
| 187 | Mustapić | 1,708 | 1:2,476 | |
| 188 | Turković | 1,697 | 1:2,492 | |
| 189 | Golub | 1,687 | 1:2,507 | |
| 190 | Bogović | 1,681 | 1:2,516 | |
| 191 | Karlović | 1,673 | 1:2,528 | |
| 192 | Franjić | 1,670 | 1:2,532 | |
| 193 | Gudelj | 1,668 | 1:2,535 | |
| 194 | Benčić | 1,667 | 1:2,537 | |
| 195 | Hrženjak | 1,666 | 1:2,538 | |
| 196 | Kurtović | 1,663 | 1:2,543 | |
| 197 | Martić | 1,662 | 1:2,544 | |
| 198 | Balić | 1,649 | 1:2,564 | |
| 199 | Radočaj | 1,645 | 1:2,571 | |
| 200 | Savić | 1,643 | 1:2,574 | |