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'''Krajnc''' is a [[Slovenes|Slovene]] [[surname]], the 4th most frequent<ref>[https://www.stat.si/ImenaRojstva/sl#/names/topLastnames :: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia - Database of first names and family names ::<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> in [[Slovenia]]. It's a common abbreviation of ''Kranjec'', which means a person from [[Carniola]], the central region of Slovenia. It's typical of eastern Slovenia: almost 85% of Slovenians with this surnames live in the traditional regions of [[Slovenian Styria]], [[Prekmurje]] and [[Slovenian Carinthia]]. It's the most common surname in the [[Drava Statistical Region|Maribor region]] and the second most common surname in Slovenian Carinthia and in the [[Savinja Statistical Region|Celje region]].
It may refer to:
*[[Anita Krajnc]] Canadian animal rights activist
* [[Alen Krajnc]] (born 1995), Slovene footballer
* [[Armand Krajnc]] (born 1973), Swedish boxer
* [[Luka Krajnc]] (born 1994), Slovene footballer
* [[Nataša Krajnc]], Miss Slovenia 2002
== Related surnames ==
Another version of the same name are [[Kranjc (disambiguation)|Kranjc]] and [[Kranjec]]. In north-eastern Italy, the surname has been frequently [[Italianization|Italianized]] to ''Crainz'', while in southern Austria, it has been Germanized to ''Krainz'',  ''Kraintz'', ''Kreinz'' or ''Greinz''.
== References ==
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==See also==
* {{intitle|Krajnc}}
{{surname|Krajnc; [[Krainz]], [[Kraintz]], [[Crainz]]}}
[[Category:Slovene-language surnames]]