Brnada families are Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia. According to some sources they are from cetinske krajine. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Bugojno area) and in Middle Bosnia (Busovaca area). In places Jelinak , Goruša and Humac in Middle Bosnia every eighth inhabitant had the family name Brnada.
Prevalence
About 230 people with faimily name Brnada live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 30 cities and 23 other places, mostly in Split (35), Velika Gorica (25), Zagreb (20), Dubrovnik (15), and in Bjelovar (15).
Outside Croatia
Family name Brnada is present in 21 countries worldwide. The family name "Brnada " is used by small number of people in Germany , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Canada.
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.