In Croatia, Frater families are Croats (from Ivanic-Grad area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanic-Grad area.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Frater live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved. They are located in only four naselja i to in Sesvete (<5), Zagreb (<5), Recica Kriska in Ivanic-Grad area (<5), and in Ivanic-Grad (<5).