Grbavec families are Croats and they are mostly from Mursko Sredisce area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Mursko Sredisce area.
Prevalence
About 80 people with faimily name Grbavec live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Belica in Cakovec area (<10), Dekanovec in Prelog area (<10), Cakovec (<10), and in Podturen in Mursko Sredisce area (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Grbavec is present in three countries on two continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.