Surname Grbavac in modern Croatia

Grbavac families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Herzegovina , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Ljubuski area) and in Imotski area. In Jezernice in Podrinje (Bosnia) every second inhabitant had the family name Grbavac.

Prevalence

About 1200 people with faimily name Grbavac live in Croatia today, in 490 households. There were 310 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 55 cities and 124 other places, mostly in Zagreb (205), Sesvete (95), Donji Prolozac in Imotski area (90), Split (75), and in Vrgorac (65).

Outside Croatia

Family name Grbavac (including: Gherbavaz , Gerbavac , Grbavach and Grbavaz ) is present in 17 countries worldwide. The family name "Grbavac " is used by some 200 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Argentina. "Grbavaz " is used by few people in the United States. "Gerbavac " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Željko Grbavac, Snježana Grbavac, Jacinta Grbavac, Vitomir Grbavac, Drago Grbavac, Ivan Grbavac, Miroslav Grbavac, Slavica Grbavac, Zvonko Grbavac, Jozo Grbavac, Damir Grbavac, Zoran Grbavac, Antun Grbavac, Zora Grbavac, Vladimir Grbavac, Milada Grbavac, Snežana Grbavac, Ivana Grbavac, Daniela Grbavac

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1673 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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