Surname Grof in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Grof families are Croats (from Mursko Sredisce area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Bjelovar.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Grof live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located and 9 other Croatian places, mostly in Osijek (<10), Bjelovar (<10), Donji Koncovcak in Mursko Sredisce area (<10), Strukovec (<10), and in Dugo Selo (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and Germany (1).
Family name Grof (including: Groff , Gróf , Groof , Grooff , Geroff and Groph ) is present in 63 countries worldwide. The family name "Grof " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 200 in Czech Republic , and some 90 people in Germany. "Groff " is used by some 10000 people in the United States , about 2000 in Brazil , and some 600 people in Italy. "Grooff " is used by some 70 people in the Netherlands , small number in Germany , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zdenko Grof, Nenad Grof, Ivan Grof, Ivana Grof, Marijana Grof, Slavica Grof, Siniša Grof, Renata Grof, Krunoslav Grof, Nada Grof, Snježana Grof, Tatjana Grof, Tihomir Grof, Tomislav Grof, Vedran Grof, Stanislav Grof, Krešimir Grof, Koviljka Grof, Zdravko Grof

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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