Surname Jarnević in modern Croatia

Jarnević families are Croats and they are mostly from Vrbovsko area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrbovsko area and in Karlovac. In Grabrk in Vrbovsko area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Jarnević.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Jarnević live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties and 15 other places, mostly in Karlovac (25), Duga Resa (15), Grabrk in Vrbovsko area (10), Tounj in Ogulin area (<10), and in Hrsina in Vrbovsko area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and Germany (1).
Family name Jarnević (including: Jarnevic , Yarnevich , Jarnevich and Yarnevic ) is present in 8 countries on three continents. The family name "Jarnevic " is used by some 80 people in Canada , about 70 in the United States , and small number of people in Australia. "Jarnevich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Yarnevich " is used by some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zlatko Jarnević, Barka Jarnević, Alen Jarnević, Dragojla Jarnević, Mato Jarnević, Ino Jarnević, Katica Jarnević, Vesna Jarnević, Darko Jarnević, Nikola Jarnević, Ankica Jarnević, Robert Jarnević, Suzana Jarnević, Dražen Jarnević, Sunčica Jarnević, Danica Jarnević, Ivan Jarnević, Mira Jarnević, Igor Jarnević

Mentions in sources

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

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