Surname Ranj in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Ranj families are Croats (from the Island of Ugljan ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and on the Island of Ugljan.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Ranj live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and two other places, mostly in Kukljica on the Island of Ugljan (20), Zadar (15), Supetar on the Island of Brac (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Rijeka (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ranj (including: Rani , Rany , Heranj , Ranny , Ranly , Hranj , Ragn and Rhany ) is present in 111 countries worldwide. The family name "Ranj " is used by some 700 people in Iran and small number in the United States. "Ragn " is used by few people in the United States. "Ranly " is used by some 400 people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Indonesia.

Characteristic first names

Nedjeljko Ranj, Žarko Ranj, Dino Ranj, Ina Ranj, Dinko Ranj, Rajka Ranj, Vjekoslava Ranj, Jelica Ranj, Danica Ranj, Goran Ranj, Jurica Ranj, Karlo Ranj, Tina Ranj, Tea Ranj, Dragan Ranj, Petrica Ranj, Anka Ranj, Marija Ranj, Milan Ranj

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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