Franjul families are Croats and they are mostly from Pazin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Pazin area. In Sveti Petar u Šumi in Pazin area every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Franjul.
Prevalence
About 70 people with faimily name Franjul live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 90 percent. They are located in threee Croatian counties and 6 other places, mostly in Sveti Petar u Sumi in Pazin area (40), Pula (20), Zagreb (<10), Obrs in Opatija area (<5), and in Vodnjan in Pula area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Franjul is present in 9 countries on three continents. The family name "Franjul " is used by some 900 people in Dominican Republic and about 100 in the United States.
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.
