Surname Vranković in modern Croatia

Vranković families are frequently Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Hvar. According to some sources they are from Blato on Cetina River, rarely Serbs, and Slovaks (Iloka). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Rijeka. In Svirče on the Island of Hvar every eighth inhabitant had the family name Vranković.

Prevalence

About 410 people with faimily name Vranković live in Croatia today, in 200 households. There were 520 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 31 cities and 34 other places, mostly in Rijeka (60), Split (55), Zagreb (45), Svirce on the Island of Hvar (35), and in Rtina in Nin area (25).

Outside Croatia

At least 17 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (6), the United States (5), Germany (2), Sweden (2), France (1), and to Austria (1).
Family name Vranković (including: Vrankovic , Vrankovich and Vrancovich ) is present in 14 countries worldwide. The family name "Vrankovic " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Australia , and small number of people in Canada. "Vrankovich " is used by some 70 people in the United States and small number in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Vranković, Biljana Vranković, Nikola Vranković, Dubravka Vranković, Neven Vranković, Vladimir Vranković, Đuro Vranković, Andrija Vranković, Milan Vranković, Jelena Vranković, Paula Vranković, Emilio Vranković, Srđan Vranković, Dragan Vranković, Igor Vranković, Roland Vranković, Ljubo Vranković, Antun Vranković, Denis Vranković

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1729 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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