Surname Krnic in modern Croatia

Krnic families are Croats and they are mostly from Petrinja area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Petrinja area and in Sisak. In Letovanić in Petrinja area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Krnic.

Prevalence

About 160 people with faimily name Krnic live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 19 other places, mostly in Zagreb (50), Letovanic in Petrinja area (40), Sisak (25), Ivanec (<10), and in Hrastelnica (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Krnic (including: Crnic , Crnich , Kernich , Krnich , Kernic , Kernitz , Cernic , Khrnich and Krnitz ) is present in 32 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. "Krnitz " is used by few people in the United States. "Kernic " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Saša Krnic, Dalibor Krnic, Predrag Krnic, Krešimir Krnic, Veljka Krnic, Hrvoje Krnic, Nada Krnic, Ivan Krnic, Andrija Krnic, Stjepan Krnic, Zvonko Krnic, Zlatko Krnic, Zdenka Krnic, Božidar Krnic, Miodrag Krnic, Bogoljub Krnic, Boris Krnic, Bara Krnic, Igor Krnic

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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