Surname Krnić in modern Croatia

Krnić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Sibenik. According to some sources they are from Zadvarje near Omis, barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and Split.

Prevalence

About 880 people with faimily name Krnić live in Croatia today, in 350 households. There were 740 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 35 cities and 45 other places, mostly in Sibenik (220), Split (125), Zagreb (100), Konjevrate (45), and in Babina Greda in Zupanja area (30).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (2), Germany (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Krnić (including: Krnic , Crnic , Kernick , Krnich , Kernich , Crnich , Kernic , Cernic , Crnick and Khrnich ) is present in 43 countries worldwide. The family name "Krnic " is used by some 70 people in the United States , about 60 in Germany , and some 50 people in Canada. "Krnich " is used by some 60 people in the United States. "Kernich " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 90 in Australia , and small number of people in Ukraine.

Characteristic first names

Mladen Krnić, Branko Krnić, Silvana Krnić, Ivan Krnić, Mario Krnić, Miroslav Krnić, Vanja Krnić, Žarka Krnić, Andrea Krnić, Dragan Krnić, Anton Krnić, Damir Krnić, Nevena Krnić, Goran Krnić, Danijel Krnić, Nikša Krnić, Gojislav Krnić, Luka Krnić, Srđan Krnić

Mentions in sources

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

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