Surname Aranza in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Aranza families are Croats (from Kastel Sucurac ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Kastel Sucurac.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Aranza live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in four Croatian counties and threee other places, mostly in Kastel Novi (10), Kastel Stari (10), Split (<10), Pula (<5), and in Zadar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Aranza (including: Haranza , Arranza ) is present in 21 countries worldwide. "Arranza " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Larisa Aranza, Anita Aranza, Lela Aranza, Jelena Aranza, Diana Aranza, Ratko Aranza, Josip Aranza, Tonći Aranza, Matija Aranza, Jadranka Aranza, Ivica Aranza, Jakov Aranza, Jadran Aranza, Ana Aranza, Vanja Aranza, Soniboj Aranza, Stipe Aranza, Joško Aranza, Julija Aranza

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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