Surname Kraš in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 210 people with faimily name Kraš live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 230 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 20 other places, mostly in Ivanec (60), Varazdin (45), Zagreb (20), Vuglovec (20), and in Osijek (10).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (3), the United States (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Kraš (including: Kras , Krass , Krash , Krashn , Kraas , Krassa , Kraass , Krasch , Krasz and Krasth ) is present in 84 countries worldwide. "Krash " is used by some 400 people in Russian Federation , about 80 in the United States , and some 60 people in Ukraine. "Krasch " is used by some 60 people in Germany and small number in the United States. "Krass " is used by some 1000 people in Germany , about 1000 in the United States , and some 500 people in Russian Federation.

Characteristic first names

Antun Kraš, Marijan Kraš, Tihana Kraš, Boris Kraš, Dražen Kraš, Dario Kraš, Oliver Kraš, Mirjana Kraš, Franjo Kraš, Dalibor Kraš, Rosana Kraš, Ljiljana Kraš, Darko Kraš, Denis Kraš, Zdenka Kraš, Andreja Kraš, Anđela Kraš, Neno Kraš, Jurica Kraš

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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