In Croatia, Karniš families are predominantly Croats (from Daruvar area ), rarely Hungarians (from Lipik ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Daruvar area and in Pakrac. In Veliki Miletinac in Daruvar area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Karniš.
Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Karniš live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent. They are only located in in 7 Croatian cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Strazanac in Daruvar area (10), Daruvar (<10), Veliki Grdjevac in Grubisno Polje area (<10), and in Djulovac in Daruvar area (<10).
