In Croatia, Fain families are generally Croats (from Zadar ), very rarely Italians (from Pula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and on the Island of Ugljan. In Sutomišćica on the Island of Ugljan every tenth inhabitant had the family name Fain.
Prevalence
About 60 people with faimily name Fain live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent. They are located in only five naselja i to in Zadar (50), Zagreb (<10), Pula (<5), Sutomiscica on the Island of Ugljan (<5), and in Turanj in Biograd na moru area (<5).