Surname Grdenić in modern Croatia

Grdenić families are Croats and they are mostly from Velika Gorica. According to some sources they are from Buzina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Velika Gorica. In places Jerebić and Cvetković Brdo in Velika Gorica every third inhabitant had the family name Grdenić.

Prevalence

About 210 people with faimily name Grdenić live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 270 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 24 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Velika Gorica (25), Gornja Podgora (25), Jerebic (15), and in Lukinic Brdo in Glina area (15).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the Netherlands (1), the United States (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Grdenić (including: Grdenic , Gerdenitsch , Gerdenich , Grdenich and Gerdenic ) is present in 6 countries on two continents. "Grdenich " is used by few people in the United States. "Gerdenich " is used by small number of people in Austria and small number in the United States. "Gerdenic " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivica Grdenić, Stjepan Grdenić, Darko Grdenić, Vlado Grdenić, Milica Grdenić, Marina Grdenić, Lidija Grdenić, Zlata Grdenić, Denis Grdenić, Predrag Grdenić, Jasmina Grdenić, Drago Grdenić, Katica Grdenić, Ika Grdenić, Tomislav Grdenić, Vinko Grdenić, Martina Grdenić, Josipa Grdenić, Danijela Grdenić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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