Surname Vrane in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Vrane families are Croats (from Karlovac ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Vrane live in Croatia today, in 17 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 6 cities and four other places, mostly in Recica (20), Karlovac (<10), Sisljavic (<10), Velika Mlaka (<10), and in Jastrebarsko (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: France (1), Canada (1), Germany (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Vrane (including: Verane , Wranne and Werane ) is present in 12 countries on four continents. The family name "Vrane " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Višnja Vrane, Jasmina Vrane, Josip Vrane, Zrinka Vrane, Vesna Vrane, Dragutin Vrane, Ivan Vrane, Ivančica Vrane, Franjo Vrane, Nedeljko Vrane, Ivica Vrane, Danijela Vrane, Željka Vrane, Danijel Vrane, Andrija Vrane, Janko Vrane, Marica Vrane, Danica Vrane, Francek Vrane

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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