Surname Krneta in modern Croatia

Krneta families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Knin area , whereas often Croats. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Knin area and in Knin.

Prevalence

About 230 people with faimily name Krneta live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 320 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 21 other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Strmica (40), Kistanje in Knin area (35), Zadar (25), and in Split (10).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (1), Germany (1), Switzerland (1), the United States (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Krneta (including: Cherneta , Crneta and Charnetta ) is present in 19 countries worldwide. The family name "Krneta " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Germany. "Charnetta " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mira Krneta, Vesna Krneta, Zoran Krneta, Momir Krneta, Sandra Krneta, Anka Krneta, Ilija Krneta, Radojka Krneta, Mirela Krneta, Ines Krneta, Ranko Krneta, Milka Krneta, Aleksandar Krneta, Maja Krneta, Dalibor Krneta, Stanko Krneta, Damir Krneta, Tanja Krneta, Dragan Krneta

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1938 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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