Surname Garapić in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Garapić live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Velika Gorica (<10), Njivice on the Island of Krk (<5), Lucko (<5), and in Kraljevica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Garapić (including: Garapic , Garapich and Garapick ) is present in 10 countries on three continents. The family name "Garapic " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Switzerland , and small number of people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Mirjana Garapić, Juraj Garapić, Daniela Garapić, Krunoslav Garapić, Nikola Garapić, Damir Garapić, Ankica Garapić, Tihomir Garapić, Marko Garapić, Monika Garapić, Ivan Garapić, Petrica Garapić, Milan Garapić, Ana Garapić, Ljubica Garapić, Dražen Garapić, Daniel Garapić, Vesna Garapić, Evica Garapić

Mentions in sources

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.

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