Surname Vrbek in modern Croatia

Vrbek families are Croats and they are mostly from Krapina area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Krapina area and in Bjelovar.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Vrbek live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Gregurovec in Krapina area (20), Zagreb (15), Mihovljan in Krapina area (10), Trnovec in Varazdin area (<10), and in Jarcani (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Vrbek (including: Verbeek , Verbeck , Verbek , Vrbec and Verbec ) is present in 48 countries worldwide. "Verbeck " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 100 in France , and small number of people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Dragutin Vrbek, Biserka Vrbek, Boris Vrbek, Vilim Vrbek, Mirjana Vrbek, Rudolf Vrbek, Božidar Vrbek, Janko Vrbek, Anđelko Vrbek, Željko Vrbek, Tihana Vrbek, Nada Vrbek, Milan Vrbek, Ančica Vrbek, Alen Vrbek, Tomislav Vrbek, Marija Vrbek, Tadej Vrbek, Tomo Vrbek

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1938 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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