Surname Gorski in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 140 people with faimily name Gorski live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Varazdin (25), Split (<10), Jamarica (<10), and in Novi Golubovec in Lepoglava area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gorski (including: Gorsky , Gorschi , Goorsky , Gorskii , Gorskih , Gorskie , Goerski , Gorskyy and Gorsski ) is present in 65 countries worldwide. The family name "Gorski " is used by some 30000 people in Poland , about 20000 in the United States , and some 4000 people in Brazil. "Gorskie " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Gorsski " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Bojan Gorski, Biserka Gorski, Dejan Gorski, Mario Gorski, Dimitrije Gorski, Siniša Gorski, Josip Gorski, Marija Gorski, Damir Gorski, Ratko Gorski, Kristijan Gorski, Ivica Gorski, Gordana Gorski, Robert Gorski, Miroslav Gorski, Zlatko Gorski, Ljiljana Gorski, Stevo Gorski, Zlatibor Gorski

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1938 in source Phone Book - Zagreb 1938.

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