Hleb families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Zlatar. In Borkovec in Zlatar every fifth inhabitant had the family name Hleb.
Prevalence
About 220 people with faimily name Hleb live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 210 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 23 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Zlatar (30), Borkovec (30), Vidovec in Varazdin area (15), and in Jarmina in Vinkovci area (10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Hleb (including: Thaleb , Tholeb , Chaleb and Chuhleb ) is present in 19 countries worldwide.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.