Surname Grgić in modern Croatia

Grgić families are Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Krajina (Gornji and Donji Vakuf, Kotor Varos). According to some sources they are from Petrovo Polje in Drnis area (village Cipcici), Ljubuski (Herzegovina), Dubrovnik and Rama (Bosnia). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosnian Krajina (Kotor Varos area) and in Bosanian Posavina (Odzak area). In places Kričići - Jejići and Brnj in Middle Bosnia every second inhabitant had the family name Grgić.

Prevalence

About 7500 people with faimily name Grgić live in Croatia today, in 3000 households. There were 3000 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 106 cities and 641 other places, mostly in Zagreb (1230), Slavonski Brod (295), Split (265), Osijek (260), and in Sesvete (175).

Outside Croatia

At least 132 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (57), Switzerland (29), Australia (16), Austria (16), the Netherlands (4), Sweden (3), Canada (2), France (1), the United States (1), Peru (1), Argentina (1), and to Chile (1).
Family name Grgić (including: Grgic , Grgich , Gergich , Gergics , Gergick , Ghergich , Gergic and Gergicz ) is present in 32 countries worldwide. "Grgich " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Australia , and small number of people in Canada. "Gergich " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 50 in Argentina , and small number of people in Australia. "Gergics " is used by some 100 people in Hungary and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Siniša Grgić, Branko Grgić, Dražen Grgić, Miljenko Grgić, Darko Grgić, Kristina Grgić, Neda Grgić, Dario Grgić, Melanija Grgić, Ilija Grgić, Mislav Grgić, Iva Grgić, Mirela Grgić, Franjo Grgić, Tomislav Grgić, Željko Grgić, Stipo Grgić, Krunoslav Grgić, Drago Grgić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned about one hundred times, the first time 1691 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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