Surname Vrban in modern Croatia

Vrban families are Croats and they are mostly from Pag area. According to some sources they are from Primorja, Like and west Herzegovina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Senj. In Cesarica in Pag area every third inhabitant had the family name Vrban.

Prevalence

About 1300 people with faimily name Vrban live in Croatia today, in 560 households. There were 1300 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 52 cities and 145 other places, mostly in Zagreb (305), Rijeka (105), Koprivnica (50), Karlobag in Pag area (45), and in Virovitica (35).

Outside Croatia

At least 32 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (14), Switzerland (7), Australia (5), Spain (1), Sweden (1), the United States (1), France (1), Canada (1), and to Argentina (1).
Family name Vrban (including: Verbaan , Verban ) is present in 30 countries worldwide. The family name "Vrban " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Germany. "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

Luka Vrban, Damir Vrban, Josip Vrban, Ante Vrban, Marjan Vrban, Igor Vrban, Renato Vrban, Alen Vrban, Gabrijel Vrban, Duško Vrban, Juraj Vrban, Dean Vrban, Vladimir Vrban, Dražen Vrban, Kristina Vrban, Ivan Vrban, Goran Vrban, Marijan Vrban, Tomislav Vrban

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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