Surname Grah in modern Croatia

Grah families are Croats and they are mostly from Zabok. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zabok and Zagreb. In places Prosenik Gubaševski and Gubaševo in Zabok every fifth inhabitant had the family name Grah.

Prevalence

About 170 people with faimily name Grah live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Prosenik Gubasevski (20), Cerovlje in Pazin area (15), Zagorska Sela in Klanjec area (10), and in Pula (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Grah (including: Grach , Grath , Gracht , Graah , Gerah , Grathe , Grachi , Grathi and Gracho ) is present in 78 countries worldwide. "Grath " is used by some 200 people in Germany , about 200 in Austria , and some 100 people in the United States. "Gerah " is used by some 200 people in Syria , small number in Kenya , and small number of people in the United States. "Grachek " is used by some 200 people in the United States and about 70 in Belarus.

Characteristic first names

Majda Grah, Aleksandar Grah, Marijo Grah, Nataša Grah, Davor Grah, Miodrag Grah, Josip Grah, Marija Grah, Ivan Grah, Đurđica Grah, Anica Grah, Siniša Grah, Sanja Grah, Dražen Grah, Loredana Grah, Mirjana Grah, Toni Grah, Bruno Grah, Gordana Grah

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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