Surname Grahovar in modern Croatia

Grahovar families are Croats and they are mostly from Pregrada area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pregrada area and in Slovenia.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Grahovar live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties and 9 other places, mostly in Mali Tabor in Pregrada area (25), Gorjakovo (20), Zagreb (10), Krizevci (<10), and in Druskovec Humski in Pregrada area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Grahovar is present in two countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Sanja Grahovar, Jadranka Grahovar, Ivan Grahovar, Dragica Grahovar, Zdenko Grahovar, Miranda Grahovar, Nedeljko Grahovar, Dejan Grahovar, Darko Grahovar, Ivica Grahovar, Rudolf Grahovar, Đurđica Grahovar, Gabriela Grahovar, Snježana Grahovar, Antun Grahovar, Zvonimir Grahovar, Dragutin Grahovar, Nikola Grahovar, Božena Grahovar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1938 in source Phone Book - Zagreb 1938.

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