Surname Prenc in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 200 people with faimily name Prenc live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 19 other places, mostly in Rovinj (35), Pula (30), in Kringa (15) and Tinjan (15) in Pazin area, and in Porec (10).

Outside Croatia

At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (6), the United States (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Prenc (including: Prenz , Perenc , Perenz and Prench ) is present in 22 countries worldwide. "Prench " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nevio Prenc, Radmila Prenc, Ivica Prenc, Jelena Prenc, Vlado Prenc, Ivan Prenc, Loris Prenc, Gordan Prenc, Mladen Prenc, Melita Prenc, Valter Prenc, Eduard Prenc, Saša Prenc, Marino Prenc, Andreja Prenc, Sandra Prenc, Branka Prenc, Dubravko Prenc, Mario Prenc

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1924 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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