Surname Kranjac in modern Croatia

Kranjac families are Croats and they are mostly from Labin. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Labin and Drnis. In Kranjci in Labin every third inhabitant had the family name Kranjac.

Prevalence

About 270 people with faimily name Kranjac live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 330 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 25 cities and 28 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Vodice (25), Kranjci (20), Split (20), and in Rijeka (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 12 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (6), Australia (3), France (2), and to Canada (1).
Family name Kranjac (including: Cragnaz , Kranyac and Kraniac ) is present in 12 countries on four continents. The family name "Kranjac " is used by some 90 people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Argentina. "Kranyac " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Roberto Kranjac, Marino Kranjac, Tomislav Kranjac, Mirjana Kranjac, Mladen Kranjac, Darko Kranjac, Gordana Kranjac, Vlado Kranjac, Josip Kranjac, Aldo Kranjac, Andreja Kranjac, Krešimir Kranjac, Silvio Kranjac, Damirka Kranjac, Irena Kranjac, Oliver Kranjac, Klaudio Kranjac, Anto Kranjac, Samanta Kranjac

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1927 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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