Surname Varnica in modern Croatia

Varnica families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Vrlika , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and Vrlika. In Podosoje in Vrlika every eighth inhabitant had the family name Varnica.

Prevalence

About 270 people with faimily name Varnica live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 20 cities and 18 other places, mostly in Split (45), Sibenik (30), Podosoje (25), Knin (15), and in Djakovo (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Varnica (including: Warnica , Warnyca and Warniza ) is present in 11 countries on three continents. The family name "Varnica " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in France , and small number of people in Austria. "Warnica " is used by some 200 people in Canada and about 90 in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Stipan Varnica, Ante Varnica, Laura Varnica, Nedjeljko Varnica, Stipe Varnica, Zrinka Varnica, Miljenko Varnica, Darko Varnica, Ivica Varnica, Damir Varnica, Anita Varnica, Sanela Varnica, Mladen Varnica, Željko Varnica, Elvis Varnica, Sandra Varnica, Aleksandar Varnica, Ajša Varnica, Hrvoje Varnica

Mentions in sources

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

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