Surname Grubišić in modern Croatia

Grubišić families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Posavina. According to some sources they are from Sinj, very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Bosanian Posavina (Derventa area). In Gradac in Bosanian Posavina every sixth inhabitant had the family name Grubišić.

Prevalence

About 2900 people with faimily name Grubišić live in Croatia today, in 1200 households. There were 1900 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 77 cities and 179 other places, mostly in Zagreb (585), Split (465), Sibenik (270), Solin (110), and in Slavonski Brod (105).

Outside Croatia

At least 46 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (13), Germany (9), Canada (8), Australia (7), Belgium (3), Austria (3), Chile (1), France (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Grubišić (including: Grubisic , Grubisich , Grubissich and Grubissic ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. The family name "Grubisic " is used by some 600 people in Germany , about 300 in the United States , and some 200 people in Canada. "Grubisich " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 100 in Brazil , and small number of people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Dinka Grubišić, Dubravko Grubišić, Mihaela Grubišić, Nikica Grubišić, Leon Grubišić, Ante Grubišić, Frane Grubišić, Iva Grubišić, Ivan Grubišić, Robert Grubišić, Izvor Grubišić, Veselko Grubišić, Goran Grubišić, Mirko Grubišić, Vinko Grubišić, Jure Grubišić, Jelena Grubišić, Višnja Grubišić, Luka Grubišić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over fifty times, the first time 1716 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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