In Croatia, Gravara families are predominantly Serbs, rarely Croats (from Rijeka ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slunj area and in Rijeka.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Gravara live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved. They are located in only five naselja i to in Rijeka (10), Zagreb (<10), Vukovar (<5), Borovo in Vukovar area (<5), and in Kordunski Ljeskovac in Slunj area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Gravara is present in 6 countries on three continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.