Surname Jerbić in modern Croatia

Jerbić families are Croats and they are mostly from Otocac. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Otocac and Zagreb. In Ramljani in Otocac every sixth inhabitant had the family name Jerbić.

Prevalence

About 550 people with faimily name Jerbić live in Croatia today, in 240 households. There were 560 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 30 cities and 42 other places, mostly in Zagreb (135), Ramljani (35), Osijek (25), Velika Gorica (20), and in Belisce (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Jerbić (including: Jerbic , Yerbich , Yerbic and Yerbick ) is present in 9 countries on four continents. The family name "Jerbic " is used by some 60 people in the United States , small number in Argentina , and small number of people in Australia. "Yerbich " is used by some 90 people in the United States. "Yerbic " is used by some 70 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivana Jerbić, Gordan Jerbić, Vlado Jerbić, Gordana Jerbić, Bojan Jerbić, Barica Jerbić, Mile Jerbić, Goran Jerbić, Vesna Jerbić, Neven Jerbić, Ivan Jerbić, Boris Jerbić, Stjepan Jerbić, Martin Jerbić, Tomislav Jerbić, Zvonimir Jerbić, Aldo Jerbić, Darinka Jerbić, Ivica Jerbić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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