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Romania/Serbia
Comes from the old Romanian/Serbian name for crane bird family.
The Serbian brigand/rebel Starina Novak (known as Baba Novak) who battled against the Ottoman Empire across the Balkans had a son name Gruja who popularised the name in Romania, Serbia and Bulgaria. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starina_Novak