Surname Horbec in modern Croatia

Horbec families are Croats the family name originates from Ivanec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanec area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Horbec live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Greda in Ivanec area (20), Zagreb (10), Zapresic (<10), Jurketinec in Ivanec area (<10), and in Petrijanec in Varazdin area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Horbec (including: Thorbech , Horbez and Horbetz ) is present in 9 countries on three continents. "Horbetz " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Gordan Horbec, Ivana Horbec, Hrvoje Horbec, Roman Horbec, Robert Horbec, Dražen Horbec, Željko Horbec, Zlatko Horbec, Dario Horbec, Miroslav Horbec, Ljiljana Horbec, Anka Horbec, Danica Horbec, Davorin Horbec, Zdenka Horbec, Josip Horbec, Franjo Horbec, Viktor Horbec, Ivan Horbec

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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