Surname Grabić in modern Croatia

Grabić families are often Croats and they are mostly from Vrlika , rarely Serbs and Bosniaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrlika and Drnis. In Podosoje in Vrlika every fifth inhabitant had the family name Grabić.

Prevalence

About 370 people with faimily name Grabić live in Croatia today, in 170 households. There were 420 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 30 cities and 29 other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Cepin in Osijek area (40), Split (35), Antunovac in Osijek area (30), and in Podosoje (25).

Outside Croatia

Family name Grabić (including: Grabiec , Grabich , Grabic and Grabics ) is present in 20 countries on four continents. The family name "Grabic " is used by small number of people in Germany , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Czech Republic. "Grabich " is used by some 90 people in Argentina and small number in the United States. "Grabiec " is used by some 3000 people in Poland , about 400 in the United States , and small number of people in France.

Characteristic first names

Nikola Grabić, Dunja Grabić, Kristina Grabić, Tonka Grabić, Nedjeljko Grabić, Ljiljanka Grabić, Mate Grabić, Ivan Grabić, Mladen Grabić, Petar Grabić, Marija Grabić, Vjekoslav Grabić, Ante Grabić, Lavra Grabić, Ana Grabić, Sanja Grabić, Marica Grabić, Kristijan Grabić, Sanela Grabić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1825 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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