Surname Vran in modern Croatia

Vran families are Croats and they are mostly from Pregrada area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pregrada area and in Zagreb. In Osredek Desinićki in Pregrada area every second inhabitant had the family name Vran.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Vran live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Samobor (<10), Darda in Osijek area (<10), Donji Skrnik in Pregrada area (<10), and in Sesvete (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Vran (including: Veran , Wrann , Weran , Wran and Verann ) is present in 48 countries worldwide. "Verann " is used by few people in the United States. "Wran " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Australia. "Wrann " is used by some 200 people in Austria , about 80 in the United States , and small number of people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Zvonko Vran, Ksenija Vran, Ivica Vran, Kristijan Vran, Ivan Vran, Vesna Vran, Petar Vran, Karlo Vran, Marija Vran, Štefica Vran, Alen Vran, Renato Vran, Božena Vran, Zdravko Vran, Suzana Vran, Milena Vran, Marjan Vran, Darinka Vran, Srećko Vran

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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