Surname Durbek in modern Croatia

Durbek families are Croats and they are mostly from Vrbovca. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrbovec and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Durbek live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located and 9 other Croatian places, mostly in Vrbovec (15), Vrbovecki Pavlovec (15), Kutina (10), Zagreb (<10), and in Bjelovar (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Durbek (including: Durbec , Duerbeck , Durbeck , Dürbeck and Durrbeck ) is present in 15 countries on three continents. "Duerbeck " is used by some 300 people in Germany and about 90 in the United States. "Durbeck " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Portugal. "Durbec " is used by some 500 people in France , about 70 in the United States , and small number of people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Sanja Durbek, Roman Durbek, Ivica Durbek, Domagoj Durbek, Ljerka Durbek, Damir Durbek, Goran Durbek, Mladen Durbek, Dražen Durbek, Branko Durbek, Zlatko Durbek, Ivana Durbek, Martina Durbek, Matija Durbek, Zlatica Durbek, Ivka Durbek, Ana Durbek, Stjepan Durbek, Božidar Durbek

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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