Surname Graša in modern Croatia

Graša families are Croats and they are mostly from Ozalj. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ozalj and Karlovac. In Police Pirišće in Ozalj every eighth inhabitant had the family name Graša.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Graša live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Cabuna in Virovitica area (10), Police Pirisce (10), Karlovac (<10), Gornje Stative (<10), and in Sisak (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least ten families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (5), the United States (3), Germany (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Graša (including: Grasa , Grassia , Grassa , Grasha , Grasza , Grasska , Grascha , Gerasa and Gherasa ) is present in 36 countries worldwide. "Grasha " is used by some 200 people in the United States. "Grassa " is used by some 300 people in Italy , about 300 in the United States , and some 200 people in Tunisia. "Grassia " is used by some 3000 people in Italy , about 900 in the United States , and some 500 people in Brazil.

Characteristic first names

Josip Graša, Vesna Graša, Ivan Graša, Ana Graša, Željko Graša, Edica Graša, Biljana Graša, Tomislav Graša, Tajana Graša, Igor Graša, Alen Graša, Mario Graša, Vladimir Graša, Slavica Graša, Snježana Graša, Robertino Graša, Sanja Graša, Stjepan Graša, Darinka Graša

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1927 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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