Surname Brnić in modern Croatia

Brnić families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Posavina , barely Serbs. According to some sources the family name originates from Gorskog kotara. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Western Bosnia (Livno area) and in Bosanian Posavina (Odzak area). In Dobro in Western Bosnia every seventh inhabitant had the family name Brnić.

Prevalence

About 770 people with faimily name Brnić live in Croatia today, in 330 households. There were 590 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 41 cities and 65 other places, mostly in Zagreb (130), Slavonski Brod (95), Split (90), Rijeka (40), and in Velika Gorica (40).

Outside Croatia

At least 21 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (12), Sweden (2), Germany (2), Norway (2), Switzerland (1), Argentina (1), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Brnić (including: Brnic , Bernic , Bernick , Bernichi , Brnich , Bernich and Berniche ) is present in 33 countries worldwide. The family name "Brnic " is used by some 200 people in Germany and about 60 in the United States. "Brnich " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Argentina. "Bernich " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Brazil , and some 100 people in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Darko Brnić, Jasna Brnić, Josip Brnić, Zoran Brnić, Ivan Brnić, Mišo Brnić, Miljenko Brnić, Marko Brnić, Karmen Brnić, Marija Brnić, Senija Brnić, Anita Brnić, Željomir Brnić, Žan Brnić, Marino Brnić, Jozo Brnić, Marica Brnić, Mladen Brnić, Slaven Brnić

Mentions in sources

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

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