Surname Prah in modern Croatia

Prah 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 in Krapina area. In Koprivnica Zagorska in Krapina area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Prah.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Prah live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located and 5 other Croatian places, mostly in Zagreb (65), Samobor (<5), Krk on the Island of Krk (<5), Cepin in Osijek area (<5), and in Rijeka (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Prah (including: Prach , Pracht , Prathi , Pracha , Prache , Prachi , Perah , Pratha and Prath ) is present in 82 countries worldwide. The family name "Prah " is used by some 9000 people in Ghana , about 400 in the United States , and some 200 people in Germany. "Prach " is used by some 2000 people in Cambodia , about 300 in Ukraine , and some 200 people in the United States. "Prath " is used by small number of people in Thailand , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Danka Prah, Boris Prah, Stanislav Prah, Krunoslav Prah, Brigita Prah, Davor Prah, Matjaž Prah, Vladimir Prah, Nataša Prah, Goran Prah, Biserka Prah, Dražen Prah, Ranko Prah, Stjepan Prah, Milan Prah, Anica Prah, Robert Prah, Igor Prah, Danijela Prah

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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