Surname Brnas in modern Croatia

Brnas families are Croats and they are mostly from Makarska area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Metkovic and in Makarska area.

Prevalence

About 230 people with faimily name Brnas live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 80 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Zagreb (50), Zagvozd in Makarska area (35), Vid (25), Split (25), and in Ugljane in Sinj area (25).

Outside Croatia

Family name Brnas (including: Bernas , Bernash and Bernasz ) is present in 46 countries worldwide. "Bernas " is used by some 20000 people in the Philippines , about 7000 in Poland , and some 3000 people in the United States. "Bernash " is used by some 60 people in the United States and small number in Russian Federation. "Bernasz " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Jurica Brnas, Nada Brnas, Vlado Brnas, Darko Brnas, Miro Brnas, Draženka Brnas, Dragan Brnas, Hrvoje Brnas, Tomislav Brnas, Dalibor Brnas, Vlatko Brnas, Zlatko Brnas, Sanja Brnas, Davor Brnas, Marija Brnas, Tonko Brnas, Antonija Brnas, Zorica Brnas, Luka Brnas

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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