Surname Franješević in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Franješević families are Croats (from Nova Gradiska area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Nova Gradiska area and in Nova Gradiska. In Pivare in Nova Gradiska area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Franješević.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Franješević live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Nova Gradiska (10), in Donji Varos (<10) and Gorice (<10) in Nova Gradiska area, Lipik (<5), and in Zapresic (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Franješević is present in five countries on three continents. The family name "Franjesevic " is used by some 60 people in the United States and small number in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Jurica Franješević, Blanka Franješević, Predrag Franješević, Danijela Franješević, Ivan Franješević, Zlatko Franješević, Ivana Franješević, Sandra Franješević, Nikola Franješević, Mira Franješević, Dragan Franješević, Željka Franješević, Davor Franješević, Dubravka Franješević, Miroslav Franješević, Željko Franješević, Mladen Franješević, Brankica Franješević, Fabijan Franješević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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