In Croatia, Debrevi families are generally Italians (from Pula area ), rarely Croats (also from Pula area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Pula area.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Debrevi live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved. They are located in only one small Croatian place, in Galizana in Pula area (10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Debrevi is present in five countries on three continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.