In Croatia, Barbieri families are predominantly Italians (from Rovinj area ), rarely Croats (also from Rovinj area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rovinj area and in Pula.
Prevalence
About 60 people with faimily name Barbieri live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved. They are located in four Croatian counties, in 6 cities and threee other places, mostly in Bale in Rovinj area (25), Rovinj (15), Zagreb (<10), Opatija (<10), and in Rijeka (<5).
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.