Surname Fras in modern Croatia

Fras families are Croats and they are mostly from Djurdjevac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Djurdjevac area.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Fras live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Kladare in Djurdjevac area (15), Cakovec (<10), Vukovar (<10), and in Pitomaca in Djurdjevac area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Fras (including: Fraas , Feras , Frass , Frash , Fraass , Phras , Frahs , Frasz and Fracz ) is present in 70 countries worldwide. "Fraas " is used by some 2000 people in Germany , about 700 in the United States , and some 100 people in Norway. "Frash " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Russian Federation , and small number of people in Kazakhstan. "Frahs " is used by some 100 people in Germany , about 50 in the United States , and small number of people in Italy.

Characteristic first names

Bojan Fras, Vladko Fras, Zdravko Fras, Vlado Fras, Mario Fras, Milan Fras, Drago Fras, Marijo Fras, Zdenko Fras, Sanja Fras, Teo Fras, Ljubica Fras, Davor Fras, Lidija Fras, Antun Fras, Josip Fras, Tomislav Fras, Ljiljana Fras, Boris Fras

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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