Surname Grgorović in modern Croatia

Grgorović families are Croats and they are mostly from Pazin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Rovinj. In Cere in Pazin area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Grgorović.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Grgorović live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in two Croatian counties, threee cities and four other places, mostly in Pula (25), Cere in Pazin area (20), Petehi in Labin area (15), and in Galizana (<10) and Medulin (<10) in Pula area.

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Canada (1), the United States (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Grgorović (including: Grgorovic , Grgorovich and Ghergorovich ) is present in five countries on two continents. The family name "Grgorovic " is used by few people in the United States. "Ghergorovich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Danor Grgorović, Rado Grgorović, Miro Grgorović, Dragan Grgorović, Lovorka Grgorović, Darko Grgorović, Kristina Grgorović, Sebastijan Grgorović, Gloria Grgorović, Mirjana Grgorović, Edvard Grgorović, Denize Grgorović, Monika Grgorović, Milena Grgorović, Kristijan Grgorović, Aleksandar Grgorović, Karin Grgorović, Marijan Grgorović, Đani Grgorović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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