Surname Gregec in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Gregec families are almost entirely Croats (from Sisak ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sisak and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Gregec live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Sisak (10), Topolovac (<10), Kastel Kambelovac (<10), and in Poljana Lekenicka in Petrinja area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gregec is present in 8 countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Dario Gregec, Roko Gregec, Tomislav Gregec, Nikola Gregec, Marina Gregec, Dragica Gregec, Saša Gregec, Ivan Gregec, Dejan Gregec, Vlado Gregec, Mihaela Gregec, Darko Gregec, Ivana Gregec, Dinko Gregec, Vesna Gregec, Josip Gregec, Marija Gregec, Mara Gregec, Stjepan Gregec

Mentions in sources

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

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