In Croatia, Gherbassi families are Italians (from Rovinj ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Buzet area. In Lanišće in Buzet area every thirtieth inhabitant had the family name Gherbassi.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Gherbassi live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in one Croatian city only, in Rovinj (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Gherbassi is present in 6 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 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.