Surname Grga in modern Croatia

Grga families are Croats and they are mostly from Trogir area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Trogir area.

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Grga live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 6 cities and two other places, mostly in Trogir (50), Seget Donji in Trogir area (45), Split (15), Zagreb (<10), and in Sibenik (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Grga (including: Gherga , Ghirga , Gerga , Gergia and Ghergia ) is present in 22 countries worldwide. "Gerga " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Gherga " is used by some 600 people in Romania , small number in Spain , and small number of people in the United States. "Ghergia " is used by small number of people in Italy and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dražana Grga, Ante Grga, Svjetlana Grga, Joško Grga, Radmila Grga, Vinko Grga, Ivan Grga, Ljiljana Grga, Nikola Grga, Anita Grga, Ivo Grga, Tea Grga, Ivanka Grga, Marijana Grga, Tina Grga, Jerko Grga, Božidar Grga, Mirjana Grga, Smiljana Grga

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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