Surname Grakalić in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Grakalić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Medulin in Pula area (20), Pula (20), Rijeka (<10), and in Rovinj (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Grakalić is present in three countries on three continents. The family name "Grakalic " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dubravko Grakalić, Marijan Grakalić, Suzana Grakalić, Nataša Grakalić, Fuma Grakalić, Andrej Grakalić, Gordan Grakalić, Nenad Grakalić, Tea Grakalić, Milan Grakalić, Maja Grakalić, Srećko Grakalić, Marijo Grakalić, Matko Grakalić, Jurica Grakalić, Ladislav Grakalić, Alen Grakalić, Marijana Grakalić, Goran Grakalić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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