Surname Gršić in modern Croatia

Gršić families are Croats and they are mostly from Oroslavje area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Oroslavje area. In Veleškovec in Oroslavje area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Gršić.

Prevalence

About 170 people with faimily name Gršić live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Veleskovec in Oroslavje area (30), Sisak (15), Misinci in Ozalj area (15), and in Krizevci (10).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Germany (2) and the United States (1).
Family name Gršić (including: Grsic , Gersic , Gersich and Gersicz ) is present in 8 countries on three continents. The family name "Grsic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Gersic " is used by some 400 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and small number of people in Czech Republic. "Gersich " is used by some 80 people in the United States and about 60 in Italy.

Characteristic first names

Bernard Gršić, Dalibor Gršić, Damir Gršić, Marko Gršić, Suzana Gršić, Tomislav Gršić, Goran Gršić, Željko Gršić, Alojz Gršić, Tihomir Gršić, Snježana Gršić, Josip Gršić, Kata Gršić, Anica Gršić, Valentina Gršić, Bojana Gršić, Jasmin Gršić, Karolina Gršić, Bruno Gršić

Mentions in sources

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

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