Surname Fortuna in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Fortuna families are Croats (from Cazma ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cazma and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Fortuna live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Milasevac (10), Pula (<5), Krizevci (<5), and in Cazma (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Fortuna (including: Fortunah , Forthuna ) is present in 88 countries worldwide. "Fortunah " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Damir Fortuna, Marijan Fortuna, Claudia Fortuna, Ivan Fortuna, Dražen Fortuna, Biljana Fortuna, Josip Fortuna, Stella Fortuna, Višnja Fortuna, Jasna Fortuna, Slavica Fortuna, Željka Fortuna, Mirjana Fortuna, Ivica Fortuna, Stjepan Fortuna, Miroslav Fortuna, Željko Fortuna, Ksenija Fortuna, Anđelka Fortuna

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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