Surname Grčić in modern Croatia

Grčić families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Sinj , less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sinj and Karlovac. In Jasensko in Sinj every fifth inhabitant had the family name Grčić.

Prevalence

About 1100 people with faimily name Grčić live in Croatia today, in 490 households. There were 1200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 44 cities and 78 other places, mostly in Karlovac (140), Split (115), Zagreb (90), Sinj (75), and in Prisoje in Sinj area (75).

Outside Croatia

At least 21 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (8), the United States (4), Canada (4), Australia (3), South Africa (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Grčić (including: Grcic , Grcich , Gercich , Gercic and Grchich ) is present in 21 countries worldwide. The family name "Grcic " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Australia. "Grcich " is used by some 100 people in Afghanistan and small number in the United States. "Gercich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Stanko Grčić, Branko Grčić, Ante Grčić, Nataša Grčić, Tonći Grčić, Davor Grčić, Zvonimir Grčić, Veljko Grčić, Zoja Grčić, Robert Grčić, Dubravko Grčić, Slađana Grčić, Mladen Grčić, Zdenko Grčić, Miško Grčić, Ivuša Grčić, Igor Grčić, Željko Grčić, Helena Grčić

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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