Surname Graff in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Graff families are Croats (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Graff live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in two Croatian counties, in one city and another small place , mostly in Zagreb (<5) and Legrad in Koprivnica area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Graff is present in 79 countries worldwide. The family name "Graff " is used by some 20000 people in the United States , about 5000 in Germany , and some 4000 people in France.

Characteristic first names

Saša Graff, Božidar Graff, Vuka Graff, Borna Graff, Jakob Graff, Marina Graff, Mireta Graff, Nevenka Graff, Željko Graff

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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