Surname Grgac in modern Croatia

Grgac families are Croats and they are mostly from Oroslavje area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Oroslavje area. In Novaki Bistranski in Oroslavje area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Grgac.

Prevalence

About 190 people with faimily name Grgac live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 250 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), in Gornja Bistra (20) and Donja Bistra (15) in Oroslavje area, Sesvete (<10), and in Zapresic (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Grgac (including: Gergatz , Gergacz , Grgach , Gergac and Grgaz ) is present in 7 countries on two continents. "Grgaz " is used by few people in the United States. "Gergacz " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Grgach " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Miljenko Grgac, Mirko Grgac, Vlasta Grgac, Brankica Grgac, Eleonora Grgac, Mladen Grgac, Krešo Grgac, Ranko Grgac, Davor Grgac, Božica Grgac, Ladislav Grgac, Slavica Grgac, Zlatko Grgac, Damir Grgac, Ivančica Grgac, Goran Grgac, Kaja Grgac, Danijel Grgac, Branko Grgac

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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