Surname Grdić in modern Croatia

Grdić families are Croats and they are mostly from Slunj area. According to some sources they are from Saborskog. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ogulin and in Slunj area. In Donji Nikšić in Slunj every fourth inhabitant had the family name Grdić.

Prevalence

About 870 people with faimily name Grdić live in Croatia today, in 370 households. There were 710 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 43 cities and 71 other places, mostly in Zagreb (155), Karlovac (65), Donji Niksic (55), Rijeka (50), and in Ostarije in Ogulin area (45).

Outside Croatia

Family name Grdić (including: Grdic , Grdich and Gerdich ) is present in 13 countries on four continents. The family name "Grdic " is used by some 80 people in the United States , about 60 in Germany , and small number of people in Russian Federation. "Grdich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Gerdich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Iva Grdić, Predrag Grdić, Vanja Grdić, Ljubica Grdić, Renata Grdić, Miroslav Grdić, Zvonko Grdić, Siniša Grdić, Edita Grdić, Josip Grdić, Ana Grdić, Lidia Grdić, Jadranka Grdić, Denis Grdić, Vladimir Grdić, Alan Grdić, Željko Grdić, Igor Grdić, Robert Grdić

Mentions in sources

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

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