Surname Krainc in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Krainc families are generally Croats (from Varazdinske Toplice ), very rarely Slovenes (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdinske Toplice and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Krainc live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and threee other places, mostly in Rijeka (<10), Zagreb (<10), Varazdinske Toplice (<10), Sesvete (<5), and in Velika Gorica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Krainc (including: Krainz , Kraintz , Crainz and Kraync ) is present in 19 countries worldwide. The family name "Krainc " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Krainz " is used by some 400 people in Germany , about 400 in Austria , and some 200 people in the United States. "Kraintz " is used by some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Branko Krainc, Dušanka Krainc, Željko Krainc, Mario Krainc, Matija Krainc, Dimitri Krainc, Ivana Krainc, Spomenka Krainc, Damir Krainc, Sandra Krainc, Ines Krainc, Anton Krainc, Jasna Krainc, Rozalija Krainc, Đurđa Krainc, Kristian Krainc, Luka Krainc, Marija Krainc, Ivan Krainc

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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