Surname Stranić in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Stranić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Pazin (25), Zagreb (10), Lindar (10), Pula (<10), and in Porec (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (3), Canada (1), Germany (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Stranić (including: Stranic , Stranich , Stranici , Stranick , Strannich , Strannic and Stranych ) is present in 13 countries worldwide. "Stranich " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Italy. "Stranick " is used by some 70 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Saša Stranić, Lino Stranić, Paulo Stranić, Dušan Stranić, Alen Stranić, Erminio Stranić, Vinicio Stranić, Sanja Stranić, Elena Stranić, Ana Stranić, Radmila Stranić, Igor Stranić, Bojan Stranić, Josip Stranić, Elio Stranić, Roberto Stranić, Martina Stranić, Borisava Stranić, Bergita Stranić

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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