Surname Furlanić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Furlanić families are Croats (from Labin area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Opatija. In Vela Učka in Opatija every fourth inhabitant had the family name Furlanić.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Furlanić live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and 6 other places, mostly in Pula (<10), Icici (<5), Lupoglav in Buzet area (<5), Svetvincenat in Labin area (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Furlanić (including: Furlanic , Furlanich ) is present in 7 countries on three continents. The family name "Furlanic " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Italy.

Characteristic first names

Igor Furlanić, Goran Furlanić, Nikola Furlanić, Sandro Furlanić, Silvana Furlanić, Lidija Furlanić, Sandra Furlanić, Juraj Furlanić, Renato Furlanić, Lučijano Furlanić, Gordana Furlanić, Samanta Furlanić, Ivan Furlanić, Franko Furlanić, Radovan Furlanić, Anton Furlanić, Darinka Furlanić, Mladen Furlanić, Lina Furlanić

Mentions in sources

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

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