Surname Pranjić in modern Croatia

Pranjić families are Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Krajina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Banja Luka Region, Bosnia (Banja Luka area) and in Bosnian Krajina (Teslic area). In Studenci in Bosnian Krajina every seventh inhabitant had the family name Pranjić.

Prevalence

About 2800 people with faimily name Pranjić live in Croatia today, in 1100 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 81 cities and 278 other places, mostly in Zagreb (490), Slavonski Brod (160), Sesvete (115), Bjelovar (75), and in Rijeka (70).

Outside Croatia

At least 32 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (13), Switzerland (8), Austria (7), Sweden (2), the United States (1), and to Spain (1).
Family name Pranjić is present in 17 countries worldwide. The family name "Pranjic " is used by some 100 people in Germany , about 70 in the United States , and small number of people in Austria.

Characteristic first names

Jakov Pranjić, Marko Pranjić, Višnja Pranjić, Ivan Pranjić, Jelena Pranjić, Marin Pranjić, Zdravka Pranjić, Miroslav Pranjić, Vinko Pranjić, Ante Pranjić, Mario Pranjić, Ivica Pranjić, Željka Pranjić, Stipo Pranjić, Miljenko Pranjić, Stipan Pranjić, Ivo Pranjić, Marina Pranjić, Vito Pranjić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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