Surname Tarnik in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Tarnik families are almost entirely Croats (from Ivanic-Grad ), barely Bosniaks (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanic-Grad and in Zagreb. In Tarno in Ivanic-Grad every second inhabitant had the family name Tarnik.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Tarnik live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Tarno (<10), Ivanic-Grad (<10), Karlovac (<10), and in Rijeka (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Tarnik (including: Tarnich , Tarnick and Tarniche ) is present in 12 countries on four continents. "Tarnick " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Tamara Tarnik, Branko Tarnik, Suzana Tarnik, Vinko Tarnik, Dragutin Tarnik, Dragoljub Tarnik, Goran Tarnik, Dubravko Tarnik, Gorana Tarnik, Drago Tarnik, Nikola Tarnik, Irena Tarnik, Željko Tarnik, Mario Tarnik, Zvonimir Tarnik, Stjepan Tarnik, Aleksandra Tarnik, Tajana Tarnik, Krešimir Tarnik

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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