Surname Grbač in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Grbač families are Croats (from Virovitica area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Srijem, Vojvodina.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Grbač live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and 7 other places, mostly in Scitarjevo (<10), Petina (<10), Virovitica (<10), Zagreb (<5), and in Gornje Bazje in Virovitica area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Grbač (including: Grbac , Gerbach , Grbach , Gerback , Gerbac and Gerbatsch ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. The family name "Grbac " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 200 in Australia , and some 200 people in Austria. "Grbach " is used by some 50 people in the United States. "Gerbac " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Romania.

Characteristic first names

Marko Grbač, Ivana Grbač, Danijel Grbač, Damir Grbač, Svjetlana Grbač, Marijo Grbač, Ivica Grbač, Vlado Grbač, Zdravko Grbač, Danica Grbač, Lucija Grbač, Miroslav Grbač, Zorica Grbač, Franja Grbač, Igor Grbač, Josip Grbač, Blaško Grbač, Ivan Grbač, Stjepan Grbač

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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