Surname Gril in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Gril families are Croats (from Pozega area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pozega area and in Koprivnica.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Gril live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Golo Brdo in Pozega area (15), Zagreb (10), in Rasinja (<10) and Lukovec (<10) in Koprivnica area, and in Mali Bukovec in Ludbreg area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gril (including: Grilli , Grill , Griehl , Grilly , Griel , Griell , Geril , Grillie and Geriel ) is present in 93 countries worldwide. "Griel " is used by some 80 people in the United States. "Grill " is used by some 5000 people in the United States , about 3000 in Germany , and some 2000 people in Austria. "Grilli " is used by some 10000 people in Italy , about 2000 in Argentina , and some 1000 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marin Gril, Oliver Gril, Marijan Gril, Drago Gril, Marijana Gril, Stipo Gril, Maša Gril, Mihael Gril, Slavko Gril, Željko Gril, Julijana Gril, Siniša Gril, Milan Gril, Jelena Gril, Dina Gril, Mirjana Gril, Dragica Gril, Ruža Gril, Tihomir Gril

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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