Surname Gržić in modern Croatia

Gržić families are Croats and they are mostly from Pazin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and in Middle Bosnia (Travnik area).

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Gržić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Rijeka (20), Pazin (<10), Baska Voda in Makarska area (<10), Zagreb (<10), and in Lindar (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least 14 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (8), France (3), Australia (2), and to Canada (1).
Family name Gržić (including: Grzic , Grzych , Gerzich and Gerzic ) is present in 17 countries on four continents. The family name "Grzic " is used by some 60 people in Australia and small number in the United States. "Gerzich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Gerzic " is used by small number of people in Sweden and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Renata Gržić, Goran Gržić, Marina Gržić, Ildo Gržić, Gorko Gržić, Erika Gržić, Valentino Gržić, Majda Gržić, Slavica Gržić, Mira Gržić, Darko Gržić, Ane Gržić, Jelena Gržić, Franjo Gržić, Mario Gržić, Dunja Gržić, Tomislav Gržić, Štefica Gržić, Marica Gržić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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