In Croatia, Podrebarac families are almost entirely Croats (from Ozalj area ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ozalj area and in Karlovac. In Žakanje in Ozalj area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Podrebarac.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Podrebarac live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and 8 other places, mostly in Jurovski Brod in Ozalj area (10), Karlovac (<10), in Zakanje (<10) and Sela Zakanjska (<10) in Ozalj area, and in Cakovec (<5).
Outside Croatia
At least ten families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Canada (6), the United States (3), and to Germany (1). Family name Podrebarac is present in four countries on two continents. The family name "Podrebarac " is used by some 200 people in the United States and about 90 in Canada.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.
