Surname Vrbec in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Vrbec families are Croats (from Ivanec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanec area and in Cakovec.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Vrbec live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and two other places, mostly in Druskovec in Ivanec area (10), Zagreb (<10), Vuglovec (<5), Ivanec (<5), and in Bjelovar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Vrbec is present in 6 countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Olga Vrbec, Ivica Vrbec, Stjepan Vrbec, Dragutin Vrbec, Denis Vrbec, Ivana Vrbec, Matija Vrbec, Josip Vrbec, Božica Vrbec, Štefa Vrbec, Zvonko Vrbec, Željko Vrbec, Karmen Vrbec, Dejan Vrbec, Slavko Vrbec, Marija Vrbec, Ivan Vrbec, Veronika Vrbec, Slavica Vrbec

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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