Griparić families are Croats and they are mostly from Labin. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Labin and Pula. In Barbići in Labin area every second inhabitant had the family name Griparić.
Prevalence
About 120 people with faimily name Griparić live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in four Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Labin (35), Rasa in Labin area (25), Rabac (15), Pula (15), and in Barbici in Labin area (<10).
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.