Obraz families are Croats and they are mostly from Cazma. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Samobor and Zagreb. In Kotari in Samobor every eighth inhabitant had the family name Obraz.
Prevalence
About 70 people with faimily name Obraz live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Kotari (15), Komusevac (10), Zagreb (<10), Braslovje (<10), and in Jastrebarsko (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Obraz is present in 14 countries on four continents.
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.