Surname Vranjican in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Vranjican families are almost entirely Croats (from the Island of Hvar ), barely Germans (from Pula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Vranjican live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 50 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and two other places, mostly in Stari Grad on the Island of Hvar (25), Zagreb (15), Fazana (<5), Hvar on the Island of Hvar (<5), and in Potok in Cazma area (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Vranjican is present in 6 countries on four continents.

Characteristic first names

Ivo Vranjican, Stjenko Vranjican, Zoran Vranjican, Igor Vranjican, Đorđe Vranjican, Vinko Vranjican, Mirela Vranjican, Ksenija Vranjican, Jakša Vranjican, Iskra Vranjican, Vinka Vranjican, Tajana Vranjican, Ivan Vranjican, Vanja Vranjican, Pavle Vranjican, Desanka Vranjican, Tanja Vranjican, Inka Vranjican, Marija Vranjican

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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