In Croatia, Garber families are Croats (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Split.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Garber live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled. They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Zagreb (10) and Split (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Garber is present in 60 countries worldwide. The family name "Garber " is used by some 20000 people in the United States , about 3000 in Sierra Leone , and some 2000 people in Germany.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.