Surname Grbić in modern Croatia

Grbić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Zadar area (Nin), often Serbs, and very rarely Bosniaks (from Bosnian Krajina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and in Zadar area. In Privlaka in Zadar area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Grbić.

Prevalence

About 1100 people with faimily name Grbić live in Croatia today, in 640 households. There were 1500 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 57 cities and 128 other places, mostly in Zagreb (200), Privlaka in Zadar area (180), Zadar (125), Rijeka (70), and in Split (35).

Outside Croatia

At least 57 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (16), the United States (16), Germany (10), the Netherlands (3), New Zealand (3), Canada (3), the United Kingdom (2), Switzerland (2), Finland (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Grbić (including: Grbic , Grbich , Gerbich , Gerbic , Gerbick , Gerbych and Grbici ) is present in 39 countries worldwide. The family name "Grbic " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 100 in Germany , and some 70 people in Chile. "Grbich " is used by some 90 people in the United States , about 60 in Ukraine , and small number of people in New Zealand. "Gerbich " is used by some 200 people in Germany , about 100 in Ukraine , and some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Gordan Grbić, Saša Grbić, Slobodan Grbić, Igor Grbić, Jadranka Grbić, Željko Grbić, Ivo Grbić, Neven Grbić, Aleksandra Grbić, Terezija Grbić, Tamara Grbić, Zoran Grbić, Bara Grbić, Duško Grbić, Hrvoje Grbić, Goran Grbić, Davorka Grbić, Tihomir Grbić, Miljenko Grbić

Mentions in sources

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

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