In Croatia, Franolich families are Italians (from Labin area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Franolich live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are only located in in one Croatian city and another small place , mostly in Pula (<5) and Barban in Labin area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Franolich is present in 6 countries on four continents. The family name "Franolich " is used by some 70 people in the United States and small number in Argentina.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.