Surname Granda in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Granda families are generally Croats (from Nova Gradiska ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Novi Marof.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Granda live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and another small place , mostly in Split (<10), Nova Gradiska (<5), Zavrsje Podbelsko (<5), Radovan (<5), and in Rijeka (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Granda (including: Grandha , Geranda ) is present in 57 countries worldwide. "Grandha " is used by few people in Brazil and few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Biljana Granda, Ozren Granda, Arsen Granda, Josip Granda, Anita Granda, Tomislav Granda, Ivan Granda, Matija Granda, Stane Granda, Dušanka Granda, Nediljka Granda, Damir Granda, Renata Granda, Vera Granda, Sandra Granda, Ljiljana Granda, Mario Granda, Dino Granda, Ante Granda

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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