Surname Furjanić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Furjanić families are almost entirely Croats (from Ozalj ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ozalj and Karlovac. In Furjanići in Ozalj every second inhabitant had the family name Furjanić.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Furjanić live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in four Croatian counties and 6 other places, mostly in Furjanici (25), Slavonski Brod (10), Zagreb (<10), Karlovac (<10), and in Ozalj (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Furjanić (including: Furjanic , Furjanick ) is present in 7 countries on three continents. The family name "Furjanic " is used by some 400 people in the United States , small number in Australia , and small number of people in Germany. "Furjanick " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Furjanić, Zoran Furjanić, Vladimir Furjanić, Goran Furjanić, Danijel Furjanić, Zdenko Furjanić, Branka Furjanić, Snježana Furjanić, Zlatko Furjanić, Vjekoslav Furjanić, Marija Furjanić, Mirko Furjanić, Dražen Furjanić, Tomislav Furjanić, Vera Furjanić, Ivanka Furjanić, Nikola Furjanić, Josip Furjanić, Djuro Furjanić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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