Surname Grmek in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Grmek families are Croats (from Klanjec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Samobor.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Grmek live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Poljanski Lug (<10), Tuhelj in Klanjec area (<10), Koprivnica (<5), and in Cakovec (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Grmek (including: Germek , Ghermec , Germeck and Grmec ) is present in 20 countries on four continents. The family name "Grmek " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Austria , and small number in Canada. "Germek " is used by some 200 people in Brazil , about 100 in the United States , and some 80 people in Moldova.

Characteristic first names

Anita Grmek, Kristijan Grmek, Tomislav Grmek, Marko Grmek, Zvonko Grmek, Katica Grmek, Ksenija Grmek, Zlatko Grmek, Sandi Grmek, Ivan Grmek, Josip Grmek, Silva Grmek, Armando Grmek, Bojana Grmek, Smiljan Grmek, Ljiljana Grmek, Ilinka Grmek, Stjepan Grmek, Mirica Grmek

Mentions in sources

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

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