Surname Grčević in modern Croatia

Grčević families are Croats and they are mostly from Otocac. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Otocac and Zagreb. In Gradec Pokupski in Jastrebarsko area every third inhabitant had the family name Grčević.

Prevalence

About 220 people with faimily name Grčević live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 340 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 20 other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), Otocac (30), Gradec Pokupski in Jastrebarsko area (25), Sinac (15), and in Pakrac (10).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (1), the United States (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Grčević (including: Grcevic , Grcevich , Gercevich and Gercevic ) is present in 10 countries on four continents. The family name "Grcevic " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Germany. "Grcevich " is used by some 80 people in the United States and small number in Germany. "Gercevich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Danka Grčević, Franjo Grčević, Juraj Grčević, Petar Grčević, Zdravko Grčević, Josipa Grčević, Ljubica Grčević, Kosana Grčević, Dražen Grčević, Jadranka Grčević, Damir Grčević, Katica Grčević, Nenad Grčević, Tomo Grčević, Ivanka Grčević, Darko Grčević, Mladen Grčević, Nada Grčević, Marijo Grčević

Mentions in sources

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

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