Surname Gršković in modern Croatia

Gršković families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Krk. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 160 people with faimily name Gršković live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 250 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 21 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Vrbnik on the Island of Krk (30), Rijeka (30), Crikvenica (<10), and in Silo on the Island of Krk (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least 21 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (12), Canada (7), and to Australia (2).
Family name Gršković (including: Grskovic , Gershkovich , Grskovich , Gerskovic , Gerskovich and Gersshkovich ) is present in 19 countries worldwide. The family name "Grskovic " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Russian Federation , and small number in Ukraine. "Grskovich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Gershkovich " is used by some 700 people in Russian Federation , about 300 in the United States , and some 200 people in Israel.

Characteristic first names

Petar Gršković, Branka Gršković, Anton Gršković, Ivan Gršković, Ivica Gršković, Gracijela Gršković, Marina Gršković, Vesna Gršković, Nikola Gršković, Vedran Gršković, Kristina Gršković, Lidija Gršković, Josip Gršković, Agneza Gršković, Emil Gršković, Mirela Gršković, Ana Gršković, Danijel Gršković, Ivana Gršković

Mentions in sources

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

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