Surname Verban in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Verban families are generally Croats (from Novigrad area ), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Pula.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Verban live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are only located in four Croatian cities and two other places, mostly in Rijeka (<10), Labinci in Novigrad area (<5), Zadar (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Spisic Bukovica in Virovitica area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Verban (including: Verbaan , Veerbhan ) is present in 25 countries worldwide. The family name "Verban " is used by some 300 people in Romania , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Italy.

Characteristic first names

Marica Verban, Dubravko Verban, Una Verban, Veniero Verban, Zdravko Verban, Mirjana Verban, Elio Verban, Stelio Verban, Kristijan Verban, Katarina Verban, Sidonija Verban, Dragica Verban, Anna Verban, Vlasta Verban, Reni Verban, Josipa Verban, Aldo Verban, Franjo Verban, Mijo Verban

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1691 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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