Surname Grill in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Grill families are Croats (from Zapresic area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Zapresic area. In Mlini in Dubrovnik area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Grill.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Grill live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 50 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Zapresic (<5), Rijeka (<5), Pula (<5), and in Nova Gradiska (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Grill (including: Grell , Grüll , Griell and Gryll ) is present in 73 countries worldwide. The family name "Grill " is used by some 5000 people in the United States , about 3000 in Germany , and some 2000 people in Austria. "Grell " is used by some 2000 people in Germany , about 2000 in the United States , and some 600 people in Brazil. "Gryll " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marko Grill, Milan Grill, Josef Grill, Katarina Grill, Ivana Grill, Radek Grill, Zvonimir Grill, Josip Grill, Sanja Grill, Hrvoje Grill, Mihaela Grill, Mladen Grill, Bruno Grill, Ljiljanka Grill, Andrija Grill, Jasna Grill, Brigita Grill, Tomo Grill, Dragutin Grill

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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