In Croatia, Gherbaz families are predominantly Croats (from Zagreb ), rarely Italians (from Pazin area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pazin area.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Gherbaz live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Zagreb (<5) and Novigrad (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Gherbaz is present in 9 countries on four 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.