Krajnc
Krajnc is a Slovene surname, the 4th most frequent[1] 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 Lower Styria, Prekmurje and Slovenian Carinthia. It's the most common surname in the Maribor region and the second most common surname in Slovenian Carinthia and in the Celje region.
It may refer to:
- Armand Krajnc (born 1973), Swedish boxer
- Nataša Krajnc, Miss Slovenia 2002
Related surnames
Another version of the same name are Kranjc and Kranjec. In north-eastern Italy, the surname has been frequently Italianized to Crainz, while in sotuhern Austria, it has been Germanized to Krainz, Kraintz, Kreinz or Greinz.