Surname Prnić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Prnić families are generally Croats (from Vrgorac ), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrgorac and Split. In Kljenak in Vrgorac every tenth inhabitant had the family name Prnić.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Prnić live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Potomje on the Peljesac peninsula (<10), Split (<10), Kljenak (<5), and in Pula (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Prnić (including: Prnic , Pernici , Pernick , Pernic , Pernich , Pernitsch and Prnich ) is present in 18 countries worldwide. "Pernic " is used by some 70 people in the United States , small number in Poland , and small number of people in Australia , small number of people in Mexico. "Pernich " is used by some 70 people in Argentina , about 60 in Italy , and small number of people in the United States. "Pernici " is used by some 600 people in Italy , about 100 in France , and some 60 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Željko Prnić, Božo Prnić, Martina Prnić, Žarko Prnić, Zdravka Prnić, Radovan Prnić, Manda Prnić, Tatjana Prnić, Mateo Prnić, Tomislav Prnić, Damir Prnić, Andrija Prnić, Vjekoslav Prnić, Đurđica Prnić, Lidija Prnić, Snježana Prnić, Sanja Prnić, Ivana Prnić, Stella Prnić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1929 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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