Surname Krznar in modern Croatia

Krznar families are Croats and they are mostly from Zabok area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Zabok. In Pustodol Začretski in Zabok area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Krznar.

Prevalence

About 880 people with faimily name Krznar live in Croatia today, in 350 households. There were 860 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 32 cities and 104 other places, mostly in Zagreb (150), Grdenci (45), Karlovac (35), Gorican in Cakovec area (35), and in Pustodol Zacretski in Zabok area (30).

Outside Croatia

At least 17 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (11), Switzerland (3), the United Kingdom (1), the United States (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Krznar is present in 12 countries on four continents. The family name "Krznar " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Australia. "Kerznar " is used by some 100 people in Bangladesh and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Krznar, Marko Krznar, Boris Krznar, Ivo Krznar, Miljenko Krznar, Anka Krznar, Zdravko Krznar, Franjo Krznar, Ivan Krznar, Siniša Krznar, Zlatko Krznar, Željko Krznar, Lidija Krznar, Branko Krznar, Mirjana Krznar, Stjepan Krznar, Suzana Krznar, Karmen Krznar, Anđelko Krznar

Mentions in sources

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

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