Surname Gruić in modern Croatia

Gruić families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Trogir , less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Trogir.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Gruić live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Trogir (30), Zagreb (20), Split (20), Trnjanski Kuti in Slavonski Brod area (10), and in Pozega (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (2), Germany (2), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Gruić (including: Gruic , Gruich , Gruici and Gruick ) is present in 17 countries on four continents. The family name "Gruic " is used by some 60 people in the United States. "Gruich " is used by some 200 people in the United States and small number in Italy. "Gruici " is used by some 200 people in Romania and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Branimir Gruić, Iva Gruić, Franjo Gruić, Duje Gruić, Igor Gruić, Petar Gruić, Marija Gruić, Tomislav Gruić, Antun Gruić, Blaženko Gruić, Tajana Gruić, Tihana Gruić, Marko Gruić, Danijela Gruić, Vesna Gruić, Diana Gruić, Goran Gruić, Jasmina Gruić, Dragan Gruić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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