Crnov families are Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Bugojno area) and in Middle Bosnia (Gornji Vakuf area). In places Skrte and Pidriš in Middle Bosnia every eighth inhabitant had the family name Crnov.
Prevalence
About 120 people with faimily name Crnov live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Djakovo (25), Hrsovo in Krizevci area (15), Zagreb (10), Dragotin in Djakovo area (10), and in Gunja in Zupanja area (<10).
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.