Surname Brnetić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Brnetić families are Croats (from Zadar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Brnetić live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located and threee other Croatian places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Rijeka (<10), Zadar (<5), Studena in Opatija area (<5), and in Silba (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Brnetić (including: Bernetic , Brnetic , Bernetich and Brnetich ) is present in 8 countries on three continents. The family name "Brnetic " is used by small number of people in Germany and small number in the United States. "Brnetich " is used by few people in the United States. "Bernetich " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Mirela Brnetić, Ilko Brnetić, Željko Brnetić, Damir Brnetić, Dean Brnetić, Ivan Brnetić, Darko Brnetić, Vladimir Brnetić, Ariana Brnetić, Duško Brnetić, Aleksandra Brnetić, Krešimir Brnetić, Tamara Brnetić, Višnja Brnetić, Ljiljana Brnetić, Hinko Brnetić, Vojislav Brnetić, Marija Brnetić, Branka Brnetić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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