Surname Frana in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Frana live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and threee other places, mostly in Trogir (15), Zagreb (<10), Seget Donji in Trogir area (<5), Split (<5), and in Zedno (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Frana (including: Frána , Phrana , Frhana , Pharana , Pharhana and Franna ) is present in 38 countries worldwide. The family name "Frana " is used by some 200000 people in Brazil , about 4000 in Portugal , and some 2000 people in the United States. "Franna " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tonći Frana, Lucija Frana, Ljubica Frana, Ante Frana, Ratomir Frana, Nicolae Frana, Nikša Frana, Bruno Frana, Sorin Frana, Anton Frana, Ivan Frana, Slavica Frana, Marian Frana, Teo Frana, Tončica Frana, Željana Frana, Ioan Frana, Božanka Frana, Zorana Frana

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1926 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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