Surname Cernecca in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Cernecca families are predominantly Italians (from Rovinj ), rarely Croats (also from Rovinj ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rovinj and Pula.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Cernecca live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in four Croatian cities only: in Rovinj (<10), Rijeka (<5), Pula (<5), and in Porec (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (2) and Switzerland (2).
Family name Cernecca is present in 7 countries on four continents.

Characteristic first names

Maurizio Cernecca, Adriano Cernecca, Sanja Cernecca, Domenico Cernecca, Lorena Cernecca, Enrico Cernecca, Aligi Cernecca, Oriana Cernecca, Ninfea Cernecca, Renato Cernecca, Antonia Cernecca, Mario Cernecca, Ines Cernecca, Slavica Cernecca, Giuliano Cernecca, Laura Cernecca, Dragica Cernecca, Antonio Cernecca, Rosa Cernecca

Mentions in sources

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.

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