Surname Černy in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Černy families are generally Croats (from Djurdjevac area ), very rarely Slovaks (from Ilok ), and barely Czechs (from Grubisno Polje ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Koprivnica. In Hrnjevac in Orahovica area every fiftieth inhabitant had the family name Černy.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Černy live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Virje in Djurdjevac area (<10), Koprivnica (<5), Novo Cice (<5), and in Ilok (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Černy (including: Cherny , Cerny , Chernyy , Czerny , Cierny , Cernyh , Chernyh , Cserny and Tscherny ) is present in 60 countries worldwide. The family name "Cerny " is used by some 4000 people in the United States , about 3000 in Czech Republic , and some 900 people in Germany. "Cherny " is used by some 4000 people in Ukraine , about 4000 in Russian Federation , and some 1000 people in the United States. "Tscherny " is used by small number of people in Germany , small number in Austria , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivana Černy, Tajana Černy, Zdravko Černy, Alan Černy, Zvonimir Černy, Emil Černy, Nevenka Černy, Darko Černy, Andrej Černy, Jaroslav Černy, Miro Černy, Josip Černy, Bruno Černy, Zlatko Černy, Adolf Černy, Radovan Černy, Rudolf Černy, Teodor Černy, Ivan Černy

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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