Surname Prenz in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Prenz families are generally Croats (from Pula area ), rarely Italians (from Pazin area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Banja Luka Region, Bosnia (Banja Luka area).

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Prenz live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only threee Croatian places: in Pula (<10), Liznjan in Pula area (<5), and in Kringa in Pazin area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Prenz is present in 15 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Olga Prenz, Igor Prenz, Suzana Prenz, Tomislav Prenz, Eugenio Prenz, Petra Prenz, Luka Prenz, Matea Prenz, Anamaria Prenz, Filippo Prenz, Gasparo Prenz, Gianfranco Prenz, Giorgio Prenz, Giovanni Prenz, Giustina Prenz, Matas Prenz, Matteo Prenz, Michele Prenz, Renata Prenz

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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