Surname Ferenac in modern Croatia

Ferenac families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Ozalj , rarely Italians (from Buje area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ozalj and Karlovac. In Ferenci in Ozalj every second inhabitant had the family name Ferenac.

Prevalence

About 230 people with faimily name Ferenac live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 270 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 37 other places, mostly in Ferenci in Buje area (20), Vrhovac (15), Ferenci (15), Rijeka (10), and in Virovitica (10).

Outside Croatia

At least 18 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (10), Australia (3), France (2), Canada (2), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Ferenac (including: Ferenaz , Ferenacz ) is present in 11 countries worldwide. The family name "Ferenac " is used by some 70 people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Australia. "Ferenacz " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zoran Ferenac, Franjo Ferenac, Kristina Ferenac, Graziella Ferenac, Silvia Ferenac, Elvin Ferenac, Željko Ferenac, Danijel Ferenac, Katarina Ferenac, Vesna Ferenac, Samanta Ferenac, Ivan Ferenac, Tihomir Ferenac, Anđela Ferenac, Valter Ferenac, Vlasta Ferenac, Igor Ferenac, Leo Ferenac, Marija Ferenac

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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