Surname Drobec in modern Croatia

Drobec families are Croats and they are mostly from Oroslavje area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Donja Stubica area.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Drobec live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Oroslavje (20), Kriz in Ivanic-Grad area (<10), Hrusevec (<10), and in Stubicke Toplice in Oroslavje area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Drobec (including: Drobetz , Drobez ) is present in 10 countries on three continents. "Drobetz " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Draženka Drobec, Jelena Drobec, Ivica Drobec, Vanja Drobec, Vlado Drobec, Zvonko Drobec, Antonio Drobec, Petar Drobec, Tatjana Drobec, Željko Drobec, Igor Drobec, Ivan Drobec, Marko Drobec, Milica Drobec, Darko Drobec, Snježana Drobec, Dražen Drobec, Martina Drobec, Marin Drobec

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1683 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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