Surname Barna in modern Croatia

Barna families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Djakovo , also Rusyns (from Vukovar area ), very rarely Hungarians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djakovo and Vukovar. In Petrovci in Vukovar area every thirtieth inhabitant had the family name Barna.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Barna live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Djakovo (30), Vukovar (20), Kusevac (<10), Petrovci in Vukovar area (<10), and in Zagreb (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Barna (including: Barnna , Barnaa and Barnah ) is present in 64 countries worldwide. The family name "Barna " is used by some 10000 people in Hungary , about 10000 in Romania , and some 6000 people in the United States. "Barnaa " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Boris Barna, Branka Barna, Jaroslav Barna, Bruno Barna, Ivan Barna, Draška Barna, Katica Barna, Marijan Barna, Tatjana Barna, Sanja Barna, Damir Barna, Tajana Barna, Emanuel Barna, Marija Barna, Miroslav Barna, Barbara Barna, Željko Barna, Ivanka Barna, Mirjana Barna

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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