Surname Verbić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Verbić families are generally Croats (from Koprivnica ), very rarely Bosniaks (from Rijeka area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Koprivnica and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Verbić live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in four Croatian counties, two cities and 5 other places, mostly in Koprivnica (<10), Zagreb (<10), in Omisalj (<5) and Njivice (<5) on the Island of Krk, and in Marinici in Rijeka area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Verbić (including: Verbic , Verbich , Verbick , Werbick , Verbych and Verbics ) is present in 26 countries worldwide. The family name "Verbic " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 200 in Viet Nam , and some 200 people in Argentina. "Verbich " is used by some 300 people in Ukraine , about 70 in the United States , and some 60 people in Russian Federation. "Verbick " is used by some 200 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Sanja Verbić, Ivana Verbić, Snježana Verbić, Marko Verbić, Arijan Verbić, Stjepan Verbić, Ana Verbić, Anka Verbić, Darko Verbić, Hrvoje Verbić, Filip Verbić, Matija Verbić, Marija Verbić, Jasminka Verbić, Željko Verbić, Nevena Verbić, Vedran Verbić, Luna Verbić, Bono Verbić

Mentions in sources

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

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