Surname Francetić in modern Croatia

Francetić families are Croats and they are mostly from Ogulin. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ogulin and Rijeka. In places Desmerice and Zagorje in Ogulin every ninth inhabitant had the family name Francetić.

Prevalence

About 480 people with faimily name Francetić live in Croatia today, in 190 households. There were 530 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 25 cities and 38 other places, mostly in Rijeka (80), Desmerice (70), Zagreb (60), Ogulin (45), and in Otocac (40).

Outside Croatia

Family name Francetić (including: Francetic , Francetich ) is present in 14 countries on four continents. The family name "Francetic " is used by some 400 people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Argentina , small number of people in Germany. "Francetich " is used by some 90 people in the United States , about 80 in Brazil , and some 70 people in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Igor Francetić, Nikola Francetić, Ivica Francetić, Goran Francetić, Anton Francetić, Dražen Francetić, Davor Francetić, Saša Francetić, Marijan Francetić, Suzana Francetić, Matija Francetić, Milan Francetić, Krešimir Francetić, Jadranka Francetić, Zlatko Francetić, Tihomir Francetić, Marija Francetić, Božidar Francetić, Nenad Francetić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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