Prebeg families are Croats and they are mostly from Ogulin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Kutina.
Prevalence
About 530 people with faimily name Prebeg live in Croatia today, in 240 households. There were 550 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 34 cities and 58 other places, mostly in Zagreb (150), Ostarije in Ogulin area (35), Kutina (30), Osijek (20), and in Slatina (15).
Outside Croatia
At least 15 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (12), Australia (1), the United States (1), and to the Netherlands (1). Family name Prebeg is present in 8 countries on four continents. The family name "Prebeg " is used by some 90 people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Albania.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.
