Surname Prahin in modern Croatia

Prahin families are Croats and they are mostly from Samobor area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Samobor.

Prevalence

About 140 people with faimily name Prahin live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Prigorje Brdovecko in Zapresic area (25), Brezje in Samobor area (15), Osijek (<5), and in Zapresic (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Prahin (including: Prachkin , Prachin ) is present in 14 countries on four continents. The family name "Prahin " is used by some 80 people in Russian Federation , about 70 in the United States , and some 70 people in Switzerland. "Prachin " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Viktor Prahin, Zlatko Prahin, Drago Prahin, Nada Prahin, Mladen Prahin, Goran Prahin, Tatjana Prahin, Anka Prahin, Damir Prahin, Miroslav Prahin, Kristijan Prahin, Vladimir Prahin, Robert Prahin, Alen Prahin, Hrvoje Prahin, Leonard Prahin, Josip Prahin, Silvija Prahin, Bruno Prahin

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1938 in source Phone Book - Zagreb 1938.

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