Surname Štrbac in modern Croatia

Štrbac families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia , often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Zenica area) and in Middle Bosnia (Bugojno area). In places Jagodići and Donji Čajdraš in Middle Bosnia every third inhabitant had the family name Štrbac.

Prevalence

About 960 people with faimily name Štrbac live in Croatia today, in 440 households. There were 810 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 60 cities and 104 other places, mostly in Zagreb (160), Kistanje in Knin area (115), Knin (70), Zadar (50), and in Split (40).

Outside Croatia

At least 19 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Switzerland (5), the United States (4), Australia (4), Germany (4), Austria (1), and to the Netherlands (1).
Family name Štrbac (including: Strbac , Sterbach , Shtrbac and Sterbac ) is present in five countries on three continents. The family name "Strbac " is used by some 90 people in the United States and small number in Great Britain. "Sterbac " is used by few people in the United States. "Sterbach " is used by some 50 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Milan Štrbac, Sandra Štrbac, Maša Štrbac, Zoran Štrbac, Ivica Štrbac, Dušanka Štrbac, Miro Štrbac, Mladen Štrbac, Miodrag Štrbac, Goran Štrbac, Slobodan Štrbac, Branko Štrbac, Snežana Štrbac, Sofija Štrbac, Milorad Štrbac, Slavko Štrbac, Vidosav Štrbac, Darko Štrbac, Danko Štrbac

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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