Surname Hrašćanec in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Hrašćanec families are almost entirely Croats (from Koprivnica area ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Koprivnica area and in Cakovec.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Hrašćanec live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 50 percent.
They are only located in two Croatian cities and four other places, mostly in Donja Dubrava in Koprivnica area (20), Varazdin (15), Kotoriba in Prelog area (<10), Zagreb (<10), and in Bibinje in Zadar area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Hrašćanec is present in three countries.

Characteristic first names

Sunčica Hrašćanec, Tomislav Hrašćanec, Aurel Hrašćanec, Josip Hrašćanec, Miroslav Hrašćanec, Damir Hrašćanec, Haldeja Hrašćanec, Rudolf Hrašćanec, Željko Hrašćanec, Mirjana Hrašćanec, Marija Hrašćanec, Mihael Hrašćanec, Katarina Hrašćanec, Adrijana Hrašćanec, Hrvoje Hrašćanec, Terezija Hrašćanec, Sandra Hrašćanec, Petra Hrašćanec, Ana Hrašćanec

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1943 in source Directorium ARCHI-DIOECESI ZAGREBIENSI.

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