Surname Krančić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Krančić families are generally Croats (from Buzet ), very rarely Italians (from Rovinj area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Buzet and in Slovenia. In Paladini in Buzet every fifth inhabitant had the family name Krančić.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Krančić live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in two Croatian counties and 5 other places, mostly in Buzet (15), Rijeka (<10), Marinci (<10), Paladini (<10), and in Dajla (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Krančić (including: Krancic , Krancich , Kranchick and Crancich ) is present in five countries on two continents. The family name "Krancic " is used by some 90 people in Italy and small number in the United States. "Krancich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Kranchick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Milan Krančić, Mladen Krančić, Robert Krančić, Roberta Krančić, Valter Krančić, Marija Krančić, Igor Krančić, Kristina Krančić, Goran Krančić, Carmen Krančić, Mirko Krančić, Serđio Krančić, Damir Krančić, Adrijana Krančić, Alen Krančić, Izabela Krančić, Marin Krančić, Foška Krančić, Mihalj Krančić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1664 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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