Surname Grbac in modern Croatia

Grbac families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Buzet area. According to some sources they are from Lika, Herzegovina, or Boke Kotorske, barely Italians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Pula. In Lanišće in Buzet area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Grbac.

Prevalence

About 910 people with faimily name Grbac live in Croatia today, in 410 households. There were 1000 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 47 cities and 68 other places, mostly in Rijeka (180), Zagreb (110), Pula (95), Kastav (40), and in Lanisce in Buzet area (30).

Outside Croatia

At least 37 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (12), the United States (9), Germany (5), Argentina (4), France (2), Austria (2), Canada (1), Venezuela (1), and to Chile (1).
Family name Grbac (including: Gerbach , Gerbaz , Gherbaz , Grbach , Gerbac and Gerbatz ) is present in 27 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. "Gerbaz " is used by some 90 people in Italy and small number in the United States. "Gerbac " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Romania.

Characteristic first names

Darko Grbac, Ivica Grbac, Bruno Grbac, Robertino Grbac, Marija Grbac, Neven Grbac, Vlastimir Grbac, Sanja Grbac, Voljen Grbac, Vladimir Grbac, Vitomir Grbac, Josip Grbac, Ivan Grbac, Marin Grbac, Nevia Grbac, Željko Grbac, Goran Grbac, Ljubomir Grbac, Simon Grbac

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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