Surname Franco in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Franco families are Croats by relative majority, equally Slovenes (from Rijeka ).

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Franco live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 50 percent.
They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Rijeka (<5) and Pula (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Franco (including: Franzo , Feranco , Francoo , Ffranco , Francho , Francco , Franchoo , Franzzo and Frannco ) is present in 158 countries worldwide. "Franzo " is used by some 2000 people in Italy , about 1000 in Brazil , and some 400 people in the United States. "Franzzo " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Carlo Franco, Maurizio Franco, Tatjana Franco, Anita Franco, Manuela Franco, Giorgia Franco, Fabrizio Franco, Mario Franco, Giovanna Franco, Vilma Franco, Ana Franco, Antonella Franco, Ljubica Franco, Ersilia Franco, Ernesto Franco, Sergio Franco, Anna Franco, Ersilija Franco, Francesca Franco

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over a hundred times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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