Surname Gracek in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Gracek families are Croats (from Slatina area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slatina area and in Virovitica.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Gracek live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in two Croatian counties, two cities and four other places, mostly in Osijek (10), Oresac in Virovitica area (<10), Josipovo in Slatina area (<10), Virovitica (<5), and in Sopje in Slatina area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gracek (including: Grachek , Gratzek , Gracheck and Grazek ) is present in 12 countries worldwide. The family name "Gracek " is used by some 100 people in Brazil , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Kenya. "Gratzek " is used by some 70 people in the United States. "Grachek " is used by some 200 people in the United States and about 70 in Belarus.

Characteristic first names

Bernardica Gracek, Nada Gracek, Iva Gracek, Milica Gracek, Merien Gracek, Josip Gracek, Zlata Gracek, Zvonimir Gracek, Nikola Gracek, Miroslav Gracek, Darko Gracek, Matea Gracek, Ana Gracek, Ivan Gracek, Manda Gracek, Dragica Gracek, Anica Gracek, Dragutin Gracek, Stjepan Gracek

Mentions in sources

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

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