Surname Černeka in modern Croatia

Černeka families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Buzet , rarely Italians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Buzet and in Slovenia. In places Medveje and Sovinjak in Buzet every second inhabitant had the family name Černeka.

Prevalence

About 200 people with faimily name Černeka live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 80 percent.
They are only located in in 11 Croatian cities and 27 other places, mostly in Rijeka (25), Buzet (20), Pula (20), Sveti Martin (15), and in Medveje (15).

Outside Croatia

At least ten families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Argentina (4), the United States (3), Australia (1), Finland (1), and to France (1).
Family name Černeka (including: Cerneka , Cernecca and Cerneca ) is present in 11 countries on four continents. The family name "Cerneka " is used by some 200 people in the United States and small number in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Alberino Černeka, Mladen Černeka, Dean Černeka, Graziano Černeka, Nevio Černeka, Svjetlana Černeka, Alen Černeka, Kristijan Černeka, Franko Černeka, Florijan Černeka, Olja Černeka, Lino Černeka, Violetta Černeka, Silvana Černeka, Doris Černeka, Marina Černeka, Anita Černeka, Dražen Černeka, Mirjan Černeka

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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