Surname Crnek in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Crnek live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Brestovec Orehovicki in Lepoglava area (15), Radoboj in Krapina area (15), Krapina (10), and in Bjelovar (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and Germany (1).
Family name Crnek (including: Cernek , Cernec , Chernek , Cernech , Crnec , Cerneck , Zerneck and Crneck ) is present in 17 countries worldwide. The family name "Crnek " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Cernek " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 200 in Czech Republic , and small number of people in Austria. "Cerneck " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vladimir Crnek, Zdravko Crnek, Petra Crnek, Martina Crnek, Marijan Crnek, Damir Crnek, Lela Crnek, Ivana Crnek, Nikola Crnek, Ivanka Crnek, Vesna Crnek, Zoran Crnek, Anđelko Crnek, Milena Crnek, Branko Crnek, Zlatko Crnek, Viktor Crnek, Ivan Crnek, Robert Crnek

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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