Surname Defrančeski in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Defrančeski families are generally Croats (from Labin area ), very rarely Italians (also from Labin area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Labin area.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Defrančeski live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Labin (<5), Rijeka (<5), Medulin in Pula area (<5), and in Barban in Labin area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Defrančeski (including: Defranceschi , Defranceski ) is present in 19 countries worldwide. "Defranceschi " is used by some 300 people in Italy , about 100 in the United States , and some 60 people in France.

Characteristic first names

Vera Defrančeski, Darko Defrančeski, Ante Defrančeski, Silvano Defrančeski, Ranko Defrančeski, Bojan Defrančeski, Joso Defrančeski, Silvija Defrančeski, Marija Defrančeski, Roko Defrančeski, Ivan Defrančeski, Fumica Defrančeski, Vojmir Defrančeski, Štefica Defrančeski, Vlastimila Defrančeski, Đorđe Defrančeski, Nada Defrančeski, Tomica Defrančeski, Alojzija Defrančeski

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1935 in source Faculty of Humanities University of Zagreb Alumni.

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