Surname Hrabal in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Hrabal families are Croats (from Ivanic-Grad area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cazma and Bjelovar.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Hrabal live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in two Croatian counties, two cities and another small place , mostly in Cazma (<10), Klostar Ivanic in Ivanic-Grad area (<5), and in Sveta Nedelja in Samobor area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Hrabal (including: Tharabal , Chakrabal ) is present in 17 countries worldwide. The family name "Hrabal " is used by some 1000 people in Czech Republic , about 300 in the United States , and some 100 people in Slovakia.

Characteristic first names

Marijan Hrabal, Jiri Hrabal, Mirica Hrabal, Ivana Hrabal, Denis Hrabal, Antun Hrabal, Tomo Hrabal, Štefanija Hrabal, Marija Hrabal, Matej Hrabal, Ana Hrabal, Nesa Hrabal, Sofija Hrabal, Štefa Hrabal

Mentions in sources

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

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