In Croatia, Vrbanas families are Croats (from Cazma area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrbovec and in Cazma area.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Vrbanas live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in only two naselja i to in Zagreb (<10) and Sesvete (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Vrbanas is present in three countries on two continents. "Verbanas " is used by small number of people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.