Surname Gnječ in modern Croatia

Gnječ families are Croats and they are mostly from The Neretva valley (village Gnjeci near Ploce). According to some sources they are from Imotski area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Metkovic and Ploce.

Prevalence

About 270 people with faimily name Gnječ live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Stasevica (85), Metkovic (50), Krvavac in Opuzen area (30), Split (15), and in Opuzen (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gnječ (including: Gnjec , Gniech and Gnjech ) is present in 14 countries worldwide. "Gniech " is used by some 80 people in the United States , about 50 in Poland , and small number of people in South Africa.

Characteristic first names

Stjepan Gnječ, Ivan Gnječ, Igor Gnječ, Antea Gnječ, Lucijana Gnječ, Andrija Gnječ, Lukica Gnječ, Robert Gnječ, Slađana Gnječ, Velislav Gnječ, Zlata Gnječ, Maja Gnječ, Ante Gnječ, Željko Gnječ, Ivo Gnječ, Tomo Gnječ, Darko Gnječ, Marijana Gnječ, Dražen Gnječ

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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