Surname Grgas in modern Croatia

Grgas families are Croats and they are mostly from Jastrebarsko area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Benkovac. In Hutin in Jastrebarsko area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Grgas.

Prevalence

About 290 people with faimily name Grgas live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 230 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 21 other places, mostly in Sibenik (45), Zagreb (45), Split (25), Zapresic (25), and in Jastrebarsko (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 14 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (10), Austria (2), Germany (1), and to France (1).
Family name Grgas (including: Gergácz , Gergas and Gergacz ) is present in 14 countries worldwide. The family name "Grgas " is used by some 500 people in the United States , small number in Egypt , and small number of people in Canada. "Gergas " is used by small number of people in Egypt and small number in the United States. "Gergacz " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ana Grgas, Marin Grgas, Dragutin Grgas, Damir Grgas, Zvonimir Grgas, Željka Grgas, Tadija Grgas, Kleidi Grgas, Gordana Grgas, Marina Grgas, Josip Grgas, Željko Grgas, Stjepan Grgas, Ratko Grgas, Davor Grgas, Klaudio Grgas, Sanja Grgas, Vladimira Grgas, Denis Grgas

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.

Do you know more?

If you want to preserve a family story or memory of a person with this surname:

Preserve memories