Surname Rebac in modern Croatia

Rebac families are Croats and they are mostly from Herzegovina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Capljina area) and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Rebac live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Metkovic (20), Split (15), Zadar (10), and in Ugljan on the Island of Ugljan (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and New Zealand (1).
Family name Rebac (including: Rehbach , Rebaz , Rebacz , Hrebac and Rebach ) is present in 26 countries worldwide. The family name "Rebac " is used by some 50 people in the United States , small number in the Philippines , and small number of people in Germany. "Rebaz " is used by some 700 people in Iraq , about 200 in Pakistan , and small number of people in the United States. "Rebacz " is used by some 400 people in Poland , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Maja Rebac, Ivica Rebac, Zoran Rebac, Milan Rebac, Marijana Rebac, Vesna Rebac, Mario Rebac, Davor Rebac, Kristijan Rebac, Ivan Rebac, Dragan Rebac, Ana Rebac, Suzana Rebac, Borka Rebac, Ivanesa Rebac, Zdenka Rebac, Sandra Rebac, Igor Rebac, Tanja Rebac

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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