Surname Kornjača in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kornjača families are mainly Serbs, equally Croats (from Rijeka ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Virovitica and Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Kornjača live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Rijeka (<10), Belisce (<5), Padjene in Knin area (<5), Opatija (<5), and in Spisic Bukovica in Virovitica area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kornjača is present in two countries.

Characteristic first names

Miroslav Kornjača, Dragan Kornjača, Tanja Kornjača, Sava Kornjača, Samir Kornjača, Miloš Kornjača, Višnja Kornjača, Drago Kornjača, Jela Kornjača, Veljko Kornjača, Vukosava Kornjača, Jovan Kornjača, Draginja Kornjača, Desanka Kornjača, Zorka Kornjača, Željka Kornjača, Elvira Kornjača, Ilijana Kornjača, Jelena Kornjača

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