Surname Vranješ in modern Croatia

Vranješ families are often Croats and they are mostly from Vrgorac , less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Grude area) and in Vrgorac. In Puteševica in Herzegovina every third inhabitant had the family name Vranješ.

Prevalence

About 1100 people with faimily name Vranješ live in Croatia today, in 460 households. There were 750 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 52 cities and 103 other places, mostly in Makarska (150), Split (145), Zagreb (125), Osijek (105), and in Josipovac (70).

Outside Croatia

At least 22 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (15), Canada (2), Switzerland (1), the United States (1), Austria (1), France (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Vranješ (including: Vranjes , Vranyes and Vranies ) is present in 25 countries worldwide. The family name "Vranjes " is used by some 600 people in Germany , about 300 in the United States , and some 200 people in Argentina. "Vranyes " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Željko Vranješ, Karlo Vranješ, Nina Vranješ, Nikola Vranješ, Ivo Vranješ, Davorka Vranješ, Božo Vranješ, Mijo Vranješ, Stjepko Vranješ, Ljubo Vranješ, Rajko Vranješ, Petar Vranješ, Tihomir Vranješ, Silvija Vranješ, Tonči Vranješ, Ante Vranješ, Robert Vranješ, Goran Vranješ, Hrvoje Vranješ

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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