Surname Gregor in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Gregor families are generally Croats (from Virovitica area ), very rarely Slovenes (from Zagreb ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Gregor live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Karlovac (<10), Koprivnica (<10), Recica (<5), and in Cepin in Osijek area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gregor (including: Gregoor , Grögor , Greggor and Greegor ) is present in 73 countries worldwide. The family name "Gregor " is used by some 10000 people in Germany , about 10000 in the United States , and some 5000 people in Czech Republic. "Greggor " is used by some 100 people in South Africa , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Australia. "Greegor " is used by some 90 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Bojan Gregor, Marinko Gregor, Ivica Gregor, Sanja Gregor, Leonardo Gregor, Antonija Gregor, Peter Gregor, Željko Gregor, Boris Gregor, Miloš Gregor, Žaklina Gregor, Tomislav Gregor, Jelica Gregor, Ana Gregor, Maja Gregor, Ružica Gregor, Vera Gregor, Ferenc Gregor, Stanislav Gregor

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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