Surname Graš in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Graš families are Croats (from Ludbreg area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Koprivnica area.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Graš live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in four Croatian cities only: in Zagreb (10), Koprivnica (<5), Martinkovec (<5), and in Varazdin (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Graš (including: Gras , Grassi , Grasso , Grass , Grasse , Graas , Grasch , Grahs , Grasz and Grash ) is present in 128 countries worldwide. "Grash " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Grasch " is used by some 300 people in the United States and about 200 in Austria. "Grass " is used by some 5000 people in the United States , about 5000 in Germany , and some 1000 people in Viet Nam.

Characteristic first names

Zlatko Graš, Silvana Graš, Matija Graš, Dario Graš, Stjepan Graš, Nada Graš, Anka Graš, Danica Graš, Božica Graš, Ivana Graš, Tomislav Graš, Ivan Graš, Anto Graš, Maja Graš, Matea Graš, Antonio Graš, Hana Graš, Eva Graš, Josip Graš

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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