Surname Grahek in modern Croatia

Grahek families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec , less frequently Slovenes. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanec and Varazdin.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Grahek live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 0 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Salinovec (10), Zrinski Topolovac in Krizevci area (<10), Varazdin (<10), and in Kutina (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (2) and Germany (1).
Family name Grahek (including: Grachek , Gracheck and Graheck ) is present in 16 countries on four continents. The family name "Grahek " is used by some 700 people in the United States , small number in Australia , and small number of people in Albania. "Grachek " is used by some 200 people in the United States and about 70 in Belarus. "Gracheck " is used by some 70 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Sanja Grahek, Tanja Grahek, Zvonimir Grahek, Maja Grahek, Željko Grahek, Svetlana Grahek, Mirko Grahek, Davorka Grahek, Andrea Grahek, Milan Grahek, Ivan Grahek, Saša Grahek, Goran Grahek, Josip Grahek, Susanne Grahek, Mario Grahek, Slobodan Grahek, Darko Grahek, Barica Grahek

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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