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Surname Crnoja in modern Croatia
Crnoja families are Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia. According to some sources they are from Montenegro. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Jajce area) and in Bosnian Krajina (Mrkonjic Grad area). In places Karići and Barevo in Middle Bosnia every sixth inhabitant had the family name Crnoja.
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Prevalence
About 420 people with faimily name Crnoja live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 31 cities and 49 other places, mostly in Zagreb (60), Dugo Selo (20), Kutina (20), Cepin in Osijek area (15), and in Djakovo (15).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Crnoja (including: Chernaya , Cernoia , Cernaja , Chernaia and Cernaia ) is present in 37 countries worldwide. "Cernoia " is used by some 200 people in Italy , small number in the United States , and small number of people in France.
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Characteristic first names
Hrvoje Crnoja,
Stipo Crnoja,
Ivan Crnoja,
Anđelko Crnoja,
Marin Crnoja,
Marko Crnoja,
Matija Crnoja,
Ljiljana Crnoja,
Ivana Crnoja,
Pejo Crnoja,
Zlatko Crnoja,
Ana Crnoja,
Tomislav Crnoja,
Ivo Crnoja,
Slavko Crnoja,
Ivica Crnoja,
Petar Crnoja,
Stipan Crnoja,
Danica Crnoja
