Surname Parac in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Parac families are Croats (from Pozega ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pozega and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Parac live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are only located in in 7 Croatian cities and threee other places, mostly in Pozega (15), Zagreb (10), Rijeka (<5), Karlovac (<5), and in Split (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Parac (including: Paraz , Parazzi , Parazza , Paracchi , Parachha , Paratz , Parach , Parachhe and Parachhi ) is present in 34 countries worldwide. The family name "Parac " is used by some 1000 people in the Philippines , about 60 in the United States , and small number of people in Germany. "Paraz " is used by some 300 people in the Philippines , about 80 in Indonesia , and small number of people in the United States. "Parach " is used by some 90 people in Iran and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Davor Parac, Tatjana Parac, Zlatko Parac, Marinka Parac, Ivana Parac, Gordana Parac, Kornelija Parac, Višnja Parac, Mladen Parac, Marija Parac, Vladimir Parac, Ivo Parac, Irena Parac, Marijan Parac, Josip Parac, Sandra Parac, Katarina Parac, Sabrina Parac, Vlatka Parac

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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