Kranjčević families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Otocac , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Otocac and Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 520 people with faimily name Kranjčević live in Croatia today, in 250 households. There were 660 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 37 cities and 40 other places, mostly in Zagreb (85), Otocac (65), Kompolje (50), Bjelovar (30), and in Rijeka (25).
Outside Croatia
At least 14 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (10), Canada (1), Australia (1), the United States (1), and to Switzerland (1). Family name Kranjčević is present in 12 countries on four continents. The family name "Kranjcevic " is used by small number of people in Germany , small number in Canada , and small number of people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.
