Surname Grohar in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Grohar families are Croats (from Vrbovsko ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrbovsko.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Grohar live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in three Croatian cities only: in Jablan (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Karlovac (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Grohar (including: Grothgar , Groothaar ) is present in 14 countries on four continents.

Characteristic first names

Božidar Grohar, Ljiljana Grohar, Zoran Grohar, Ivan Grohar, Jure Grohar, Mirko Grohar, Josipa Grohar, Mira Grohar, Josefina Grohar, Juraj Grohar, Bruno Grohar, Jozefina Grohar, Miran Grohar, Nada Grohar, Slava Grohar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1935 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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