Surname Lorber in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Lorber families are almost entirely Croats (from Jastrebarsko area ), barely Slovenes. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Koprivnica.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Lorber live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Pula (<10), Velika Gorica (<10), Karlovac (<5), Belisce (<5), and in Poljani (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lorber (including: Lorbeer , Lohrber and Lohrbeer ) is present in 31 countries worldwide. The family name "Lorber " is used by some 3000 people in the United States , about 1000 in France , and some 1000 people in Germany. "Lorbeer " is used by some 1000 people in Germany , about 200 in Syria , and some 100 people in the United States. "Lohrber " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dalibor Lorber, Jadranka Lorber, Natalia Lorber, Sergej Lorber, Nada Lorber, Andrej Lorber, Sanjica Lorber, Stjepan Lorber, Željko Lorber, Ivica Lorber, Nadia Lorber, Aleksandar Lorber, Marko Lorber, Eduard Lorber, Mladen Lorber, Mateja Lorber, Nikola Lorber, Jakob Lorber, Robert Lorber

Mentions in sources

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

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