Baranašić families are Croats and they are mostly from Prelog area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Prelog area.
Prevalence
About 360 people with faimily name Baranašić live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 290 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 25 cities and 32 other places, mostly in Zagreb (65), Palinovec in Prelog area (25), Gorican in Cakovec area (15), Bjelovar (15), and in Sesvete (15).
Outside Croatia
Family name Baranašić is present in four countries.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.