In Croatia, Francetich families are Croats by relative majority (from Rijeka ), equally Italians (also from Rijeka ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Francetich live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved. They are located in one Croatian city only, in Rijeka (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Francetich is present in 8 countries on four continents. The family name "Francetich " is used by some 90 people in the United States , about 80 in Brazil , and some 70 people in Argentina.
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.