Surname Bernat in modern Croatia

Bernat families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Cakovec , rarely Czechs (from Grubisno Polje ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Bernat live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Cakovec (25), Zagreb (20), Koprivnica (15), Varazdin (10), and in Kutina (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Japan (2), Canada (2), the United States (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Bernat (including: Bernáth , Bernath , Bernatt , Bernadt , Bernát , Bernathy and Bernhadt ) is present in 67 countries worldwide. "Bernath " is used by some 2000 people in the United States , about 600 in Hungary , and some 200 people in Germany. "Bernadt " is used by some 80 people in the United States , small number in Czech Republic , and small number in Poland. "Bernathy " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Robert Bernat, Eduard Bernat, Paula Bernat, Danijela Bernat, Dražen Bernat, Božica Bernat, Željko Bernat, Ljiljana Bernat, Suzane Bernat, Sanja Bernat, Karel Bernat, Stjepan Bernat, Vedran Bernat, Štefica Bernat, Mario Bernat, Damir Bernat, Alma Bernat, Zlatko Bernat, Ivan Bernat

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1938 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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