In Croatia, Podboršek families are Croats (from Vrbovsko area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrbovsko area. In Moravička Sela in Vrbovsko area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Podboršek.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Podboršek live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in only one small Croatian place, in Moravicka Sela in Vrbovsko area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Podboršek is present in 6 countries on three continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1930 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.