In Croatia, Gerbin families are Croats (from Rijeka ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Rijeka.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Gerbin live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Rijeka (<10) and Zagreb (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Gerbin is present in 11 countries on four continents. The family name "Gerbin " is used by some 90 people in Ukraine , about 50 in the United States , and small number of people in France.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.