In Croatia, Lernatić families are Croats (from Vrbovec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Kutina and Vrbovec.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Lernatić live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and 5 other places, mostly in Savska Cesta (<10), Kutina (<10), Cugovec in Vrbovec area (<10), Vrbovec (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Lernatić is present in this form only in Croatia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1924 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.