Surname Černjul in modern Croatia

Černjul families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Labin area , rarely Italians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Labin. In Ružići in Labin area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Černjul.

Prevalence

About 170 people with faimily name Černjul live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 18 other places, mostly in Labin (35), Pula (30), Nedescina in Labin area (25), Kapelica (10), and in Zagreb (10).

Outside Croatia

At least 27 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (13), France (6), the Netherlands (3), Canada (2), Germany (1), Chile (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Černjul (including: Cernjul , Cergnul ) is present in 11 countries on four continents. The family name "Cernjul " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Sweden , and small number of people in Argentina. "Cergnul " is used by some 60 people in Italy , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Edi Černjul, Franko Černjul, Jana Černjul, Mišel Černjul, Romano Černjul, Ilario Černjul, Feručo Černjul, Silvana Černjul, Orijana Černjul, Renco Černjul, Aleks Černjul, Vitomir Černjul, Loris Černjul, Livio Černjul, Ana Černjul, Josipa Černjul, Daria Černjul, Tomas Černjul, Elide Černjul

Mentions in sources

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

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