Torbarina families are Croats and they are mostly from Zadar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and in Zadar area. In places Debeljak and Sukošan in Zadar area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Torbarina.
Prevalence
About 310 people with faimily name Torbarina live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent. They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Debeljak (140) and Sukosan (65) in Zadar area, Zadar (65), Zagreb (30), and in Rijeka (10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Torbarina is present in 7 countries on four continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1935 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.