Surname Liber in modern Croatia

Liber families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Varazdin area , rarely Czechs (from Daruvar area ) and Slovenes (from Slovenia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and in Varazdin area.

Prevalence

About 330 people with faimily name Liber live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 27 other places, mostly in Sracinec in Varazdin area (160), Varazdin (35), Zagreb (25), Koncanica in Daruvar area (25), and in Petrijanec in Varazdin area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Liber (including: Lieber , Liebherr , Libeer , Lybeer , Libber and Lyber ) is present in 67 countries worldwide. The family name "Liber " is used by some 1000 people in Poland , about 700 in France , and some 600 people in the United States. "Lieber " is used by some 6000 people in the United States , about 4000 in Germany , and some 500 people in Israel. "Libeer " is used by some 200 people in Belgium , about 100 in France , and some 70 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zlatko Liber, Nada Liber, Ljiljana Liber, Matija Liber, Mladen Liber, Karmela Liber, Dubravka Liber, Danijel Liber, Božidar Liber, Alen Liber, Željko Liber, Dalibor Liber, Lidija Liber, Kristijan Liber, Božena Liber, Nives Liber, Danijela Liber, Dražen Liber, Igor Liber

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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