Surname Frančević in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Frančević families are Croats (from Krizevci area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Frančević live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Sesvete (<10), Zagreb (<5), Dumovec (<5), Krizevci (<5), and in Bockovec in Krizevci area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Frančević (including: Francevic , Franckevic , Francevich , Franchevich and Franckevich ) is present in 11 countries on four continents. "Franchevich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Branko Frančević, Mladen Frančević, Dario Frančević, Marina Frančević, Stjepan Frančević, Monika Frančević, Tatjana Frančević, Marijo Frančević, Marica Frančević, Ivan Frančević, Ana Frančević, Josip Frančević, Slavica Frančević, Anđelka Frančević, Zlatko Frančević, Mirjana Frančević, Melanie Frančević, Lara Frančević, Sara Frančević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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