Surname Kranjčec in modern Croatia

Kranjčec families are Croats and they are mostly from Krapina area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Varazdin.

Prevalence

About 1100 people with faimily name Kranjčec live in Croatia today, in 480 households. There were 1100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 46 cities and 125 other places, mostly in Zagreb (320), Varazdin (60), Krapina (45), Gornje Jesenje in Krapina area (45), and in Sesvete (35).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kranjčec (including: Kranjcec , Kranicec ) is present in 12 countries worldwide. The family name "Kranjcec " is used by small number of people in Germany and small number in the United States. "Kranicec " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Darko Kranjčec, Marko Kranjčec, Mladen Kranjčec, Ratko Kranjčec, Dragutin Kranjčec, Krešimir Kranjčec, Božidar Kranjčec, Denis Kranjčec, Viktor Kranjčec, Danijel Kranjčec, Antun Kranjčec, Vesna Kranjčec, Gordana Kranjčec, Dinko Kranjčec, Viktorija Kranjčec, Iva Kranjčec, Vlado Kranjčec, Vilim Kranjčec, Damir Kranjčec

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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