Surname Frua in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Frua families are Croats (from Sibenik ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and Split.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Frua live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Split (10), Sibenik (<10), Kaprije (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Tribunj (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Frua is present in five countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Željko Frua, Nenad Frua, Antonio Frua, Maja Frua, Ljubica Frua, Vjekoslav Frua, Ranko Frua, Dražen Frua, Ivana Frua, Henrik Frua, Nevenka Frua, Vedran Frua, Darko Frua, Dubravka Frua, Nada Frua, Neven Frua, Berislav Frua, Blanka Frua, Vera Frua

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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