Surname Prahić in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Prahić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and 6 other places, mostly in Turcin (30) and Donji Kneginec (<10) in Varazdin area, Varazdin (<10), Karlovac (<10), and in Gornji Kneginec in Varazdin area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Prahić (including: Prahic , Prachick and Prachnick ) is present in three countries on two continents. "Prachick " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Prachnick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Anamarija Prahić, Dragutin Prahić, Siniša Prahić, Mirko Prahić, Zlatko Prahić, Nadica Prahić, Antun Prahić, Zdravko Prahić, Ivana Prahić, Simona Prahić, Petar Prahić, Nada Prahić, Marko Prahić, Sanja Prahić, Danijel Prahić, Maja Prahić, Brankica Prahić, Sanela Prahić, Olga Prahić

Mentions in sources

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

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