Granatir families are Croats and they are mostly from Prelog area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 80 people with faimily name Granatir live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent. They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and 12 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Draskovec (15), Sveti Juraj u Trnju in Prelog area (<10), and in Gorican (<5) and Mala Subotica (<5) in Cakovec area.
Outside Croatia
Family name Granatir (including: Granatyr , Granatier ) is present in 12 countries on four continents. The family name "Granatir " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Ukraine , and small number of people in Brazil.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.