Surname Grdinić in modern Croatia

Grdinić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Krk. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and in Bjelovar area. In Kozarevac Račanski in Bjelovar area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Grdinić.

Prevalence

About 160 people with faimily name Grdinić live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 19 other places, mostly in Rijeka (35), Zagreb (25), Gabonjin on the Island of Krk (15), Stara Ploscica in Bjelovar area (10), and in Kras on the Island of Krk (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least ten families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (9) and Argentina (1).
Family name Grdinić (including: Grdinic , Grdinich ) is present in 11 countries on four continents. The family name "Grdinic " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Germany. "Grdinich " is used by some 50 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Iva Grdinić, Vladimir Grdinić, Mirko Grdinić, Boris Grdinić, Roberto Grdinić, Hrvoje Grdinić, Loredana Grdinić, Edi Grdinić, Goran Grdinić, Đurđica Grdinić, Zlatko Grdinić, Dean Grdinić, Sandra Grdinić, Melita Grdinić, Davor Grdinić, Sanja Grdinić, Matija Grdinić, Miroslav Grdinić, Alan Grdinić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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