Surname Grd in modern Croatia

Grd families are Croats and they are mostly from Lepoglava. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Lepoglava and Varazdin. In Crkovec in Lepoglava every ninth inhabitant had the family name Grd.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Grd live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and 9 other places, mostly in Crkovec (15), Kamenica (10), Zagreb (<10), Sisak (<10), and in Sesvete (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Grd (including: Gerd , Gerdt , Gerdtz and Ghard ) is present in 37 countries worldwide. "Gerdtz " is used by some 80 people in Australia , small number in Germany , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Melita Grd, Ivan Grd, Natalija Grd, Nedeljko Grd, Katica Grd, Maja Grd, Stjepan Grd, Božica Grd, Darko Grd, Emina Grd, Slavko Grd, Zlatko Grd, Goran Grd, Alen Grd, Nadica Grd, Tomo Grd, Štefica Grd, Branko Grd, Ankica Grd

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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