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Surname Grnja in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Grnja families are predominantly Croats (from Osijek ), rarely Slovaks (from Ilok ), and barely Slovenes (from Velika Gorica ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and in Backa, Vojvodina.
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Prevalence
About 60 people with faimily name Grnja live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Osijek (20), Ilok (<10), Vukovar (<10), Sesvete (<5), and in Bilje in Osijek area (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Grnja (including: Grnya , Gernia ) is present in 9 countries worldwide. The family name "Grnja " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Germany. "Grnya " is used by small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Verica Grnja,
Gordan Grnja,
Danijela Grnja,
Gordana Grnja,
Slavica Grnja,
Zdravko Grnja,
Katica Grnja,
Jan Grnja,
Snežana Grnja,
Ivica Grnja,
Damir Grnja,
Ivan Grnja,
Željka Grnja,
Robert Grnja,
Mirela Grnja,
Miško Grnja,
Antun Grnja,
Željko Grnja,
Ružica Grnja