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Surname Gredelj in modern Croatia
Gredelj families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Varazdin area. According to some sources they are from Mihovljana, very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Varazdin. In Bočadir in Zlatar area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Gredelj.
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Prevalence
About 320 people with faimily name Gredelj live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 350 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 26 cities and 40 other places, mostly in Zagreb (65), Mihovljan in Krapina area (25), Kutina (20), Varazdin (20), and in Tuhovec (15).
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Outside Croatia
At least nine families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United Kingdom (3), Germany (3), Australia (2), and to the United States (1).
Family name Gredelj (including: Geredeli , Gredely ) is present in 12 countries on three continents. The family name "Gredelj " is used by small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Marijan Gredelj,
Vladimir Gredelj,
Damir Gredelj,
Iva Gredelj,
Antun Gredelj,
Alan Gredelj,
Zvonka Gredelj,
Željko Gredelj,
Mladen Gredelj,
Dubravka Gredelj,
Ivana Gredelj,
Dušanka Gredelj,
Tihomir Gredelj,
Snježana Gredelj,
Srećko Gredelj,
Slavek Gredelj,
Božica Gredelj,
Mirko Gredelj,
Dragutin Gredelj
