Surname Trnka in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Trnka families are generally Croats (from Nova Gradiska area ), very rarely Czechs (from Grubisno Polje ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Nova Gradiska and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Trnka live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Dragalic in Nova Gradiska area (10), Nova Gradiska (<10), Bjelovar (<10), and in Rijeka (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Trnka (including: Thernka , Ternka ) is present in 33 countries worldwide. The family name "Trnka " is used by some 3000 people in Czech Republic , about 700 in the United States , and some 700 people in Slovakia. "Thernka " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Snježana Trnka, Darko Trnka, Sara Trnka, Darje Trnka, Natalija Trnka, Ivana Trnka, Emanuel Trnka, Toni Trnka, Darija Trnka, Danijel Trnka, Vladimir Trnka, Josip Trnka, Daniela Trnka, Kristina Trnka, Željko Trnka, Vjekoslav Trnka, Dragan Trnka, Branka Trnka, Danijela Trnka

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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