Grlić Surname

567,444th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 557 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Montenegro

Grlić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grlić Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia2911:14,5312,868
Bosnia and Herzegovina1101:32,1494,910
Montenegro671:9,5461,465
Serbia581:123,1899,202
Slovenia231:108,16011,945
North Macedonia71:300,21016,548
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Grlic (34) & Grliç (1) are calculated separately.

Grlić Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Grlić Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Grlić is held by more people in Croatia than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Grlic or Grliç. Click here for further potential spellings of Grlić.

How Common Is The Last Name Grlić? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 567,444th most numerous last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,083,565 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Grlić reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

Grlić is most frequently occurring in Croatia, where it is borne by 291 people, or 1 in 14,531. In Croatia Grlić is primarily concentrated in: Zagreb County, where 42 percent reside, City of Zagreb, where 28 percent reside and Osijek-Baranja County, where 10 percent reside. Aside from Croatia this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 20 percent reside and Montenegro, where 12 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grlic9334/
Grliç931/
Grlich7322/
Grlitz737/
Gørlitz674/
Grilliz673/
Grüllich6256/
Grillitz6228/
Grillich6227/
Gröllich6210/
Grillitc621/
Grillits621/
Grellich621/
Grlec6014/
Grillitsch53678/
Grillez501/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Grlić
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