Surname Brnobić in modern Croatia

Brnobić families are Croats and they are mostly from Buzet. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Buzet and Rijeka. In Erkovčići in Buzet every third inhabitant had the family name Brnobić.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Brnobić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Rijeka (15), Pula (10), Buzet (<10), Porec (<10), and in Brnobici (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United Kingdom (1), France (1), the United States (1), and to Argentina (1).
Family name Brnobić (including: Brnobic , Bernobic and Bernobich ) is present in 11 countries worldwide. "Bernobich " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Italy , and small number of people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Dalibor Brnobić, Miljenko Brnobić, Gracijela Brnobić, Vlado Brnobić, Ozren Brnobić, Biserka Brnobić, Mauro Brnobić, Martina Brnobić, Viktor Brnobić, Igor Brnobić, Lučano Brnobić, Vedran Brnobić, Korina Brnobić, Albin Brnobić, Mirela Brnobić, Marica Brnobić, Rino Brnobić, Helena Brnobić, Tatjana Brnobić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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