Surname Krsnik in modern Croatia

Krsnik families are Croats and they are mostly from Krapina area. According to some sources they are from Krusljevo Selo. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Krapina. In Gornja Plemenšćina in Pregrada every sixth inhabitant had the family name Krsnik.

Prevalence

About 890 people with faimily name Krsnik live in Croatia today, in 380 households. There were 970 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 43 cities and 87 other places, mostly in Zagreb (255), Hlevnica in Krapina area (50), Pregrada (35), Lepajci (30), and in Gornja Plemenscina (25).

Outside Croatia

At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (3), the United States (2), Australia (2), and to Canada (1).
Family name Krsnik (including: Kersnik , Kersnick and Krsnich ) is present in 9 countries on three continents. The family name "Krsnik " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Australia. "Kersnick " is used by some 100 people in the United States. "Krsnich " is used by some 60 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mirjana Krsnik, Krešimir Krsnik, Stjepan Krsnik, Rudolf Krsnik, Boris Krsnik, Josip Krsnik, Željka Krsnik, Sonja Krsnik, Zdeslav Krsnik, Dražen Krsnik, Zoran Krsnik, Petar Krsnik, Kristijan Krsnik, Katica Krsnik, Branko Krsnik, Živko Krsnik, Bara Krsnik, Jasminka Krsnik, Renato Krsnik

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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