Surname Gržetić in modern Croatia

Gržetić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Krk. According to some sources they are from Krasa na Krku. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Pazin. In Zarečje in Pazin every fifth inhabitant had the family name Gržetić.

Prevalence

About 300 people with faimily name Gržetić live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 380 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 30 other places, mostly in Rijeka (45), Zarecje (40), Pazin (30), Zagreb (15), and in Pula (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 33 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (16), Germany (4), Argentina (3), France (3), Canada (3), Uruguay (3), and to Australia (1).
Family name Gržetić (including: Grzetic , Grzetich , Gerzetich and Gerzetic ) is present in 12 countries on four continents. The family name "Grzetic " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 60 in Australia , and small number of people in Canada. "Grzetich " is used by some 50 people in the United States. "Gerzetich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zvonko Gržetić, Boris Gržetić, Mirjana Gržetić, Anton Gržetić, Sanja Gržetić, Marta Gržetić, Ivana Gržetić, Ivica Gržetić, Ivo Gržetić, Vanio Gržetić, Damir Gržetić, Vesna Gržetić, Draženko Gržetić, Rita Gržetić, Željko Gržetić, Franko Gržetić, Nikola Gržetić, Sonja Gržetić, Slavica Gržetić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1691 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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