• Within the former Yugoslavia quite a lot of surnames end with -IC, being its pronunciation the same as –ITG (‘Orobitg’).
• Within the same area, there are quite a lot of surnames that start with ORO- (Orolic, Orosic, Orozovic, Orobabic, Orovic,...)
• By using the telephone guide of Croatia, we have been able to verify that nowadays there are in this country some families named Orovic. It happens that the pronunciation of the Croatian ‘Orovic’ is the same as the Catalan ‘Orobitg’
• Given that the first documented Orobitg (Mr Arnaldi Orvig, Cervera, 1249) belongs to a period (XIII to XV centuries) during which the Kingdom of Catalonia - Arago expanded considerably over the Mediterranean (*), it could be possible that either a trader or a navigator could have brought this surname to Catalonia. (*) Dubrovnik (Ragusa) had a permanent trade office in Barcelona and the Kingdom of Catalonia – Arago had a permanent trade office in Dubrovnik (Ragusa).

Arguments against:

• We should not forget that in the XIII century Catalonia had just begun its trade relationships over the Mediterranean, which were to become more important over the years.
• As none of the more ancient documents gathered until now (XIII and XIV centuries) contain any mention of the origin of the Orobitg members, right now we are not able to confirm that ‘Orobitg’ has a foreign origin.
• Similarities among modern surnames do not imply that they have a common origin. Moreover, we have to take into consideration that languages evolve.