Surname Frančić in modern Croatia

Frančić families are Croats and they are mostly from Mursko Sredisce. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Cakovec. In Lonjgari in Duga Resa area nearly every inhabitant had the family name Frančić.

Prevalence

About 530 people with faimily name Frančić live in Croatia today, in 220 households. There were 590 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 31 cities and 55 other places, mostly in Zagreb (130), Cakovec (30), Sveta Marija in Prelog area (30), Vinkovci (25), and in Ludbreg (25).

Outside Croatia

At least 23 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (8), the United States (6), Australia (4), Canada (1), Argentina (1), France (1), the United Kingdom (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Frančić (including: Francic , Francas , Francsics , Francich , Franchic and Frantschi ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. The family name "Francic " is used by some 200 people in Tanzania , small number in Ghana , and small number of people in the United States. "Franchic " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Anđela Frančić, Vlado Frančić, Damjana Frančić, Marjan Frančić, Miro Frančić, Zdravko Frančić, Suzana Frančić, Stjepan Frančić, Gordana Frančić, Daniel Frančić, Mira Frančić, Josip Frančić, Danijel Frančić, Vladimir Frančić, Dubravko Frančić, Snježana Frančić, Goran Frančić, Marija Frančić, Zvonimir Frančić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1750 in source 18th Century Census.

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