Surname Graf in modern Croatia

Graf families are Croats and they are mostly from Vukovar. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Vukovar.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Graf live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Vukovar (<10), Rijeka (<10), Cakovec (<10), and in Nedelisce in Cakovec area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Graf (including: Graff , Graaf , Graaff , Gráf , Graph , Graphy , Grahf and Gharraf ) is present in 126 countries worldwide. The family name "Graf " is used by some 100000 people in Germany , about 30000 in the United States , and some 10000 people in Russian Federation. "Graph " is used by some 50 people in the United States. "Graff " is used by some 20000 people in the United States , about 5000 in Germany , and some 4000 people in France.

Characteristic first names

Darko Graf, Alan Graf, Dubravka Graf, Ernest Graf, Dražen Graf, Tatjana Graf, Milan Graf, Ana Graf, Sandra Graf, Ivka Graf, Olivije Graf, Ljubomir Graf, Eduard Graf, Luiza Graf, Vesna Graf, Igor Graf, Hrvoje Graf, Marija Graf, Astrid Graf

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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