Surname Ferenčić in modern Croatia

Ferenčić families are Croats and they are mostly from Djurdjevac. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Koprivnica and Pazin. In Ježenj in Pazin every eighth inhabitant had the family name Ferenčić.

Prevalence

About 380 people with faimily name Ferenčić live in Croatia today, in 170 households. There were 460 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 26 cities and 53 other places, mostly in Djurdjevac (60), Zagreb (60), Pazin (35), Koprivnica (20), and in Porec (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ferenčić (including: Ferencic , Ferencich and Ferenchick ) is present in 12 countries worldwide. The family name "Ferencic " is used by small number of people in Austria and small number in the United States. "Ferencich " is used by small number of people in Argentina and small number in the United States. "Ferenchick " is used by some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ratko Ferenčić, Serđo Ferenčić, Željko Ferenčić, Neven Ferenčić, Roland Ferenčić, Ivka Ferenčić, Monika Ferenčić, Neda Ferenčić, Igor Ferenčić, Zdravko Ferenčić, Lučo Ferenčić, Ester Ferenčić, Mladen Ferenčić, Marijan Ferenčić, Silva Ferenčić, Petar Ferenčić, Javor Ferenčić, Damir Ferenčić, Dinko Ferenčić

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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