Surname Trbović in modern Croatia

Trbović families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Vrbovsko , whereas often Croats (from Cakovec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ogulin and Rijeka. In Gomirje in Vrbovsko every sixth inhabitant had the family name Trbović.

Prevalence

About 490 people with faimily name Trbović live in Croatia today, in 250 households. There were 750 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 34 cities and 43 other places, mostly in Rijeka (80), Zagreb (65), Gomirje (40), Dreznica (35), and in Ljubosina (20).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United Kingdom (1), Sweden (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Trbović (including: Trbovich , Trbovic , Terbovich , Terbovic and Terbowich ) is present in 16 countries on four continents. The family name "Trbovic " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Austria , and small number of people in Germany. "Trbovich " is used by some 500 people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Terbovich " is used by some 80 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Aleksandar Trbović, Neven Trbović, Dimitrije Trbović, Mladen Trbović, Marko Trbović, Dean Trbović, Davor Trbović, Sanja Trbović, Vlado Trbović, Milan Trbović, Branka Trbović, Eleonora Trbović, Ana Trbović, Slobodan Trbović, Goran Trbović, Vladimir Trbović, Dmitar Trbović, Marica Trbović, Boris Trbović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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