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Surname Gržan in modern Croatia
Gržan families are Croats and they are mostly from Slunj. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and Slunj. In Velika Plana in Gospic every sixth inhabitant had the family name Gržan.
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Prevalence
About 290 people with faimily name Gržan live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 330 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 26 other places, mostly in Petrcane (55), Zagreb (50), Zadar (30), Karlovac (30), and in Slunj (15).
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Outside Croatia
At least 13 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (9), Germany (2), Austria (1), and to France (1).
Family name Gržan (including: Grzan , Gerzhan , Gherzan and Gerzan ) is present in 14 countries on four continents. The family name "Grzan " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and small number of people in Australia.
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Characteristic first names
Marijan Gržan,
Milan Gržan,
Marko Gržan,
Milka Gržan,
Miroslav Gržan,
Davorin Gržan,
Ante Gržan,
Marijana Gržan,
Vesna Gržan,
Marija Gržan,
Biserka Gržan,
Sabrina Gržan,
Marijo Gržan,
Goran Gržan,
Jasna Gržan,
Zora Gržan,
Damir Gržan,
Jelena Gržan,
Lidija Gržan
