Surname Krasnić in modern Croatia

Krasnić families can be both Croats (the family name originates from Zagreb ) and Albanians (from Kosovo ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Kosovo and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 200 people with faimily name Krasnić live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 22 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Zagreb (60), Bulinac in Bjelovar area (25), Osijek (20), Split (15), and in Rijeka (15).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Germany (2) and the United States (1).
Family name Krasnić (including: Krasnic , Krasnici , Crasnic , Krasnick , Crasnich , Krasnich and Crasnick ) is present in 29 countries worldwide. The family name "Krasnic " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 90 in Switzerland , and some 70 people in Belgium. "Krasnick " is used by some 200 people in the United States and small number in Indonesia. "Crasnick " is used by some 70 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Kristijan Krasnić, Katarina Krasnić, Rihard Krasnić, Alberto Krasnić, Kristina Krasnić, Toni Krasnić, Gordana Krasnić, Miljihat Krasnić, Anton Krasnić, Dalibor Krasnić, Mihajlo Krasnić, Ljubomir Krasnić, Drana Krasnić, Tomislav Krasnić, Ilir Krasnić, Valentin Krasnić, Marica Krasnić, Alem Krasnić, Fadila Krasnić

Mentions in sources

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

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