Surname Kršanac in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kršanac families are Croats (from Opatija area ), barely Montenegrins (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Opatija.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Kršanac live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and 9 other places, mostly in Lovran (15), Liganj (15) and Tulisevica (10) in Opatija area, Opatija (<10), and in Icici (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (2), Switzerland (1), Australia (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Kršanac (including: Krsanac , Kersanac ) is present in 7 countries on four continents. The family name "Krsanac " is used by some 70 people in Chile and small number in the United States. "Kersanac " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Žarko Kršanac, Mario Kršanac, Kristijan Kršanac, Goranka Kršanac, Jure Kršanac, Nikola Kršanac, Lorena Kršanac, Domijan Kršanac, Vladimir Kršanac, Dalibor Kršanac, Marijaroza Kršanac, Dragan Kršanac, Danijela Kršanac, Davor Kršanac, Goran Kršanac, Vojko Kršanac, Damir Kršanac, Suzana Kršanac, Tatjana Kršanac

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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