Surname Curnić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Curnić families are mainly Croats (from Vukovar ), less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vukovar and in Backa, Vojvodina.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Curnić live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Vukovar (<10), Jesenice in Omis area (<10), Split (<5), and in Podstrana in Solin area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Curnić (including: Curnic , Curnick , Zurnic and Churnick ) is present in 13 countries worldwide. "Zurnic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Curnick " is used by some 200 people in South Africa , about 50 in Australia , and small number of people in the United States. "Churnick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Slobodan Curnić, Nataša Curnić, Stevan Curnić, Darko Curnić, Berislav Curnić, Dalibor Curnić, Marija Curnić, Ivica Curnić, Živana Curnić, Nenad Curnić, Slađana Curnić, Mirjana Curnić, Kristina Curnić, Karla Curnić, Dragica Curnić, Branislav Curnić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1928 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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