Surname Vranić in modern Croatia

Vranić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Senj area. According to some sources they are from Skradin area (Plastovo). They are rarely Serbs, and Bosniaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Karlovac. In Lišnica in Duga Resa every third inhabitant had the family name Vranić.

Prevalence

About 1400 people with faimily name Vranić live in Croatia today, in 620 households. There were 1500 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 66 cities and 146 other places, mostly in Zagreb (210), Karlovac (65), Rijeka (60), Brinje in Senj area (55), and in Zadar (40).

Outside Croatia

At least 36 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (9), Germany (9), Canada (6), Australia (5), France (4), Switzerland (2), and to Austria (1).
Family name Vranić (including: Vranic , Vranich , Veranic , Wranich , Vranick , Veranich and Veranicha ) is present in 31 countries worldwide. The family name "Vranic " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 100 in Germany , and some 60 people in Japan. "Vranich " is used by some 400 people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Argentina. "Vranick " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marko Vranić, Duško Vranić, Marijan Vranić, Biserka Vranić, Marina Vranić, Franjo Vranić, Senka Vranić, Ljubica Vranić, Damir Vranić, Andrija Vranić, Šime Vranić, Goran Vranić, Dražen Vranić, Ivan Vranić, Zvonko Vranić, Đurđica Vranić, Vlatko Vranić, Predrag Vranić, Željka Vranić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned about one hundred times, the first time 1750 in source 18th Century Census.

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