Surname Grlić in modern Croatia

Grlić families are Croats and they are mostly from Doboj area , Bosnia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Doboj, Bosnia (Doboj area) and in Middle Bosnia (Maglaj area). In Radojčići in Middle Bosnia every eighth inhabitant had the family name Grlić.

Prevalence

About 350 people with faimily name Grlić live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 23 cities and 45 other places, mostly in Zagreb (110), Sesvete (35), Rijeka (20), Velika Gorica (20), and in Split (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Grlić (including: Grlic , Gerlich , Grlich , Gerlic , Gerlick and Gerlicz ) is present in 39 countries worldwide. The family name "Grlic " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Canada. "Gerlich " is used by some 1000 people in Germany , about 700 in the United States , and some 200 people in Poland. "Gerlicz " is used by small number of people in Poland and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Janjko Grlić, Rajko Grlić, Ivica Grlić, Senka Grlić, Tado Grlić, Ivan Grlić, Marko Grlić, Dragan Grlić, Bojan Grlić, Ivo Grlić, Draga Grlić, Mato Grlić, Gordana Grlić, Miroslav Grlić, Josip Grlić, Željka Grlić, Marijan Grlić, Ivana Grlić, Milan Grlić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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