In Croatia, Vrbljančević families are Croats (from Slavonski Brod area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slavonski Brod area and in Slavonski Brod.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Vrbljančević live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent. They are only located in four Croatian cities and 6 other places, mostly in Slavonski Brod (20), Brodjanci in Valpovo area (<10), Zbandaj (<10), and in Garcin (<5) and Klokocevik (<5) in Slavonski Brod area.
Outside Croatia
Family name Vrbljančević is present in this form only in Croatia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.