In Croatia, Bernadić families are Croats (from Herzegovine ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Mostar area) and in Bjelovar.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Bernadić live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in only two Croatian places: in Tucenik in Vrbovec area (<10) and Split (<5).
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.