Surname Negro in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Negro families are almost entirely Croats (from Nin area ), barely Macedonians (also from Nin area ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and in Nin area.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Negro live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and two other places, mostly in Razanac in Nin area (25), Zadar (10), Zagreb (<10), Opatija (<5), and in Bjelovar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Negro (including: Negroo , Negero ) is present in 79 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Zoran Negro, Mario Negro, Davorka Negro, Nataša Negro, Gita Negro, Nikola Negro, Rinalda Negro, Laura Negro, Mila Negro, Silvio Negro, Ana Negro, Davor Negro, Branko Negro, Vesna Negro, Marko Negro, Elda Negro, Ina Negro, Vice Negro, Sanja Negro

Mentions in sources

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

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