Surname Grce in modern Croatia

Grce families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Rab. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Rab and in Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Grce live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and threee other places, mostly in Barbat na Rabu on the Island of Rab (40), Rijeka (15), Banjol on the Island of Rab (15), Zagreb (<5), and in Trogir (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Grce (including: Gertze , Gercke , Gerze , Gerce , Gercie , Grze and Gerche ) is present in 18 countries worldwide. The family name "Grce " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Grze " is used by few people in the United States. "Gerze " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Magdalena Grce, Josip Grce, Tatjana Grce, Živko Grce, Jasminka Grce, Marinko Grce, Snježana Grce, Renato Grce, Davorka Grce, Elvis Grce, Andreas Grce, Dušan Grce, Martina Grce, Zdenka Grce, Vedran Grce, Marinka Grce, Ivana Grce, Mirjana Grce, Ivan Grce

Mentions in sources

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.

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