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Surname Goričanec in modern Croatia
Goričanec families are Croats and they are mostly from Mursko Sredisce area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and in Mursko Sredisce area. In Čičkovina in Ludbreg area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Goričanec.
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Prevalence
About 490 people with faimily name Goričanec live in Croatia today, in 200 households. There were 530 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 22 cities and 72 other places, mostly in Cakovec (65), Zagreb (35), Mursko Sredisce (30), Mala Subotica in Cakovec area (30), and in Donji Kraljevec in Prelog area (25).
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Outside Croatia
At least nine families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: France (3), Germany (2), Austria (1), the United States (1), Australia (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Goričanec is present in 9 countries on three continents.
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Characteristic first names
Biserka Goričanec,
Karmen Goričanec,
Anica Goričanec,
Renata Goričanec,
Josip Goričanec,
Dragutin Goričanec,
Marko Goričanec,
Franjo Goričanec,
Mirko Goričanec,
Predrag Goričanec,
Ivan Goričanec,
Mijo Goričanec,
Zvonimir Goričanec,
Bojan Goričanec,
Stjepan Goričanec,
Rajko Goričanec,
Kristijan Goričanec,
Mario Goričanec,
Vladimir Goričanec
