In Croatia, Franke families are Croats (from Varazdin ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Franke live in Croatia today, in 8 households. They are located in only two Croatian places: in Zagreb (<10) and Belovar Zlatarski in Lepoglava area (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.