In Croatia, Bernath families are Croats (from Nova Gradiska area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Nova Gradiska area.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Bernath live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in three Croatian cities only: in Zagreb (<10), Zapresic (<5), and in Trogir (<5).
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.