Surname Grofelnik in modern Croatia

Grofelnik families are Croats and they are mostly from Pregrada area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Pregrada. In Velika Gora in Pregrada every tenth inhabitant had the family name Grofelnik.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Grofelnik live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Druskovec Humski in Pregrada area (15), Djurmanec in Krapina area (10), Kosovecko in Zlatar area (10), and in Velika Gora (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Grofelnik is present in four countries.

Characteristic first names

Hrvoje Grofelnik, Željko Grofelnik, Slavko Grofelnik, Marijan Grofelnik, Verica Grofelnik, Alojz Grofelnik, Ivan Grofelnik, Spomenka Grofelnik, Ida Grofelnik, Matija Grofelnik, Rozalija Grofelnik, Josip Grofelnik, Ruža Grofelnik, Zoran Grofelnik, Ivančica Grofelnik, Kata Grofelnik, Jadranka Grofelnik, Anita Grofelnik, Nevenka Grofelnik

Mentions in sources

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

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