Surname Crnić in modern Croatia

Crnić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Delnice area. According to some sources they are from Turopolje, barely Bosniaks (from Bosnian Krajina Region), and Serbs, also from Bosanske Krajine. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 640 people with faimily name Crnić live in Croatia today, in 270 households. There were 720 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 27 cities and 55 other places, mostly in Zagreb (195), Rijeka (50), Mrkopalj in Delnice area (45), Pravutina in Ozalj area (30), and in Kutina (25).

Outside Croatia

At least 29 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Argentina (12), the United States (8), Germany (5), Canada (3), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Crnić (including: Crnic , Crnich , Chernick , Cernich , Zrnic , Cernick , Zernic , Cernic , Crnick and Chernic ) is present in 35 countries worldwide. The family name "Crnic " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 200 in Canada , and some 100 people in Australia. "Crnich " is used by some 200 people in the United States and small number in Argentina. "Zrnic " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Jadranko Crnić, Ivica Crnić, Mirjana Crnić, Josip Crnić, Dalibor Crnić, Hrvoje Crnić, Dragutin Crnić, Igor Crnić, Ivana Crnić, Stjepan Crnić, Roman Crnić, Vladimir Crnić, Tomislav Crnić, Goran Crnić, Stanislav Crnić, Tvrtko Crnić, Jasminka Crnić, Krešimir Crnić, Jezerko Crnić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned about one hundred times, the first time 1692 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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