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Surname Češnjak in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Češnjak families are Croats (from Koprivnica area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and in Koprivnica area.
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Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Češnjak live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and two other places, mostly in Mala Jazbina (<5), Sveti Ivan Zelina (<5), Donja Dubrava in Koprivnica area (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Koprivnica (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Češnjak (including: Cesnjak , Chesnyak and Chesniak ) is present in 10 countries on four continents. "Chesniak " is used by some 50 people in the United States and small number in Canada.
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Characteristic first names
Dubravko Češnjak,
Branka Češnjak,
Đuro Češnjak,
Zoran Češnjak,
Vedran Češnjak,
Dragica Češnjak,
Stjepan Češnjak,
Ivana Češnjak,
Ana Češnjak,
Maja Češnjak,
Petra Češnjak,
Elizabeta Češnjak,
Anđela Češnjak,
Vera Češnjak,
Ivan Češnjak,
Marica Češnjak,
Marija Češnjak,
Filip Češnjak,
Martin Češnjak
