In Croatia, Franičić families are Croats (from Buzet area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Buzet area and in Rijeka.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Franičić live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in only threee Croatian places: in Lupoglav in Buzet area (<10), Zbandaj (<5), and in Brest Pod Uckom in Buzet area (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.