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Surname Grbec in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Grbec families are generally Croats (from the Island of Krk ), very rarely Slovenes (from Opatija area ), and barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Nasice area and in Zagreb.
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Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Grbec live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties and 9 other places, mostly in Osijek (10), Zagreb (<10), Oroslavje (<10), Split (<10), and in Koska in Nasice area (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Grbec (including: Gerbec , Gerbetz , Gerbez and Gherbetz ) is present in 16 countries on four continents. "Gerbec " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 60 in Argentina , and small number of people in Germany. "Gerbetz " is used by some 60 people in the United States. "Gerbez " is used by few people in France and few people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Branka Grbec,
Bojan Grbec,
Valentina Grbec,
Angelina Grbec,
Ivan Grbec,
Mirjana Grbec,
Mato Grbec,
Nikolina Grbec,
Mirna Grbec,
Zdravko Grbec,
Željko Grbec,
Nives Grbec,
Klaudio Grbec,
Jasmina Grbec,
Darjan Grbec,
Marko Grbec,
Stanko Grbec,
Eva Grbec,
Goran Grbec
