Surname Braut in modern Croatia

Braut families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Krk. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Krk and in Rijeka. In Kornić on the Island of Krk every third inhabitant had the family name Braut.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Braut live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties and 14 other places, mostly in Kornic on the Island of Krk (30), Rijeka (20), in Krk (20) and Vrh (<10) on the Island of Krk, and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least 23 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (19), Argentina (2), and to Canada (2).
Family name Braut (including: Beraut , Braudt , Brauth , Bhraut and Brauet ) is present in 18 countries worldwide. "Brauth " is used by some 50 people in the United States. "Braudt " is used by some 100 people in the United States. "Brauet " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tamara Braut, Alen Braut, Jadranka Braut, Vedrana Braut, Marino Braut, Zvonimir Braut, Sanjin Braut, Matilda Braut, Neven Braut, Emil Braut, Iva Braut, Gorica Braut, Adrijana Braut, Daniela Braut, Boris Braut, Igor Braut, Marija Braut, Nikola Braut, Predrag Braut

Mentions in sources

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

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