Surname Gross in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Gross live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Samobor (<10), Osijek (<5), Karlovac (<5), and in Djakovo (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gross (including: Groß , Grooss ) is present in 120 countries worldwide. The family name "Gross " is used by some 200000 people in the United States , about 90000 in Germany , and some 20000 people in Brazil. "Grooss " is used by some 70 people in Denmark , small number in the Netherlands , and small number of people in the United States. "Groß " is used by some 9000 people in Germany , about 400 in Austria , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Srećko Gross, Karlo Gross, Nenad Gross, Željka Gross, Marko Gross, Zdravko Gross, Ružica Gross, Natalija Gross, Mavro Gross, Mirjam Gross, Roman Gross, Snježana Gross, Lejla Gross, Ivana Gross, Brigitte Gross, Izidor Gross, Vladimir Gross, Silvana Gross, Valter Gross

Mentions in sources

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

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