Surname Grujić in modern Croatia

Grujić families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Daruvar area , whereas often Croats (iz Doboj area, Bosnia). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Osijek. In Gornji Borki in Daruvar area every third inhabitant had the family name Grujić.

Prevalence

About 530 people with faimily name Grujić live in Croatia today, in 280 households. There were 530 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 45 cities and 57 other places, mostly in Zagreb (110), Rijeka (45), Osijek (25), Split (20), and in Vukovar (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 16 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (6), Austria (3), the United States (2), Australia (2), Canada (2), and to Spain (1).
Family name Grujić (including: Grujic , Grujich and Gruyich ) is present in 35 countries worldwide. "Grujich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Gordana Grujić, Vladimir Grujić, Nada Grujić, Ivan Grujić, Predrag Grujić, Srđan Grujić, Borko Grujić, Vojko Grujić, Hrvoje Grujić, Milan Grujić, Lazar Grujić, Petar Grujić, Đuro Grujić, Radomir Grujić, Tea Grujić, Vlado Grujić, Milo Grujić, Veljko Grujić, Goran Grujić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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