Surname Vrabec in modern Croatia

Vrabec families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Zabok area , barely Slovenes (Osijek), and Czechs (Daruvar area). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Ivanec area.

Prevalence

About 810 people with faimily name Vrabec live in Croatia today, in 350 households. There were 990 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 35 cities and 94 other places, mostly in Zagreb (140), Dugo Selo (40), Jakovlje in Zapresic area (35), Koprivnica (35), and in Voloder in Kutina area (35).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (2), the United States (1), Australia (1), and to Austria (1).
Family name Vrabec (including: Wrabetz , Wrabec , Vrabetz and Vrabez ) is present in 23 countries worldwide. The family name "Vrabec " is used by some 1000 people in Czech Republic , about 300 in Slovakia , and some 200 people in the United States. "Wrabec " is used by some 200 people in Poland and small number in the United States. "Wrabetz " is used by some 200 people in Germany , about 60 in Austria , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Romano Vrabec, Predrag Vrabec, Božena Vrabec, Josip Vrabec, Miroslav Vrabec, Milivoj Vrabec, Vladimir Vrabec, Mladen Vrabec, Mario Vrabec, Vesna Vrabec, Ksenija Vrabec, Tomislav Vrabec, Marija Vrabec, Zdravko Vrabec, Marina Vrabec, Željko Vrabec, Ivana Vrabec, Marijan Vrabec, Stjepan Vrabec

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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