Surname Franjin in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Franjin families are generally Croats (from Beli Manastir area ), very rarely Hungarians (from Beli Manastir area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Beli Manastir area and in Osijek area.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Franjin live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in two Croatian counties, threee cities and threee other places, mostly in Nasice (<5), in Zmajevac (<5) and Baranjsko Petrovo Selo (<5) in Beli Manastir area, Samobor (<5), and in Beli Manastir (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Franjin is present in this form only in Croatia.

Characteristic first names

Marija Franjin, Antun Franjin, Stjepan Franjin, Verica Franjin, Marko Franjin, Nikola Franjin, Dubravko Franjin, Ana Franjin, Živko Franjin, Janja Franjin, Pavo Franjin, Marta Franjin, Eva Franjin, Zvonimir Franjin, Stanka Franjin, Vlatko Franjin, Anamarija Franjin, Viktorija Franjin, Luka Franjin

Mentions in sources

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

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