Surname Strani in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Strani families are Croats by relative majority (from Opatija area ), equally Italians (from Porec ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Opatija area and in Porec.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Strani live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Nova Vas (<5) and Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Strani (including: Stranny , Strany and Stranyy ) is present in 20 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Marco Strani, Remigio Strani, Lucijan Strani, Leonilda Strani, Giuseppe Strani

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1938 in source Phone Book - Zagreb 1938.

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