Surname Čeprnja in modern Croatia

Čeprnja families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Obrovac , whereas often Croats (from Benkovac ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Benkovac and Obrovac.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Čeprnja live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Split (15), Zagreb (<10), Mavrinci in Rijeka area (<10), Radosinovci (<10), and in Zadar (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čeprnja is present in three countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Marko Čeprnja, Marina Čeprnja, Luka Čeprnja, Nenad Čeprnja, Renata Čeprnja, Saša Čeprnja, Sonja Čeprnja, Milivoj Čeprnja, Nevenka Čeprnja, Slađana Čeprnja, Čedomir Čeprnja, Jagoda Čeprnja, Milan Čeprnja, Snežana Čeprnja, Hrvoje Čeprnja, Ninoslav Čeprnja, Boro Čeprnja, Luca Čeprnja, Goran Čeprnja

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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