Surname Grdović in modern Croatia

Grdović families are Croats and they are mostly from Zadar. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and Samobor. In Javorek in Samobor every second inhabitant had the family name Grdović.

Prevalence

About 420 people with faimily name Grdović live in Croatia today, in 160 households. There were 390 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 31 other places, mostly in Zadar (155), Sukosan in Zadar area (55), Zagreb (45), Javorek (40), and in Grdanjci (15).

Outside Croatia

At least nine families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (5), the United States (2), Belgium (1), and to France (1).
Family name Grdović (including: Grdovic , Grdovich , Gherdovich , Gerdovich and Gerdovic ) is present in 10 countries on four continents. The family name "Grdovic " is used by some 70 people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Australia. "Gerdovich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Gherdovich " is used by some 90 people in Italy and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dino Grdović, Marinka Grdović, Klaudio Grdović, Hrvoje Grdović, Marin Grdović, Mirjana Grdović, Tomica Grdović, Jasna Grdović, Željko Grdović, Lea Grdović, Zvonimir Grdović, Ljubica Grdović, Slavko Grdović, Zdravko Grdović, Darko Grdović, Nikica Grdović, Mario Grdović, Tamara Grdović, Orijana Grdović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1929 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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