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Surname Parencan in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Parencan families are generally Croats (from Porec ), rarely Italians (also from Porec ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Porec and Pula. In Bašarinka in Porec every fourth inhabitant had the family name Parencan.
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Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Parencan live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in only four Croatian places: in Porec (15), Gedici (10), Basarinka (10), and in Tar (<5).
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Outside Croatia
At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Parencan is present in 8 countries on three continents. "Parenzan " is used by some 300 people in Italy , about 70 in the United States , and small number of people in Switzerland.
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Characteristic first names
Maurizio Parencan,
Gordana Parencan,
Dragica Parencan,
Daliborka Parencan,
Dean Parencan,
David Parencan,
Nelo Parencan,
Loris Parencan,
Dinora Parencan,
Marija Parencan,
Stelio Parencan,
Boris Parencan,
Mario Parencan,
Marčelo Parencan,
Dumina Parencan,
Drago Parencan,
Mirko Parencan,
Loredana Parencan,
Dušan Parencan