Surname Čendak in modern Croatia

Čendak families are Croats and they are mostly from Buzet area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and in Buzet area. In Jelovice in Buzet area every second inhabitant had the family name Čendak.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Čendak live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Rijeka (35), Zagreb (10), Jelovice in Buzet area (10), Pula (<10), and in Visnjan in Porec area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čendak (including: Cendak , Chendak and Cendach ) is present in 9 countries on four continents. The family name "Cendak " is used by some 50 people in the United States , small number in Italy , and small number of people in Australia. "Chendak " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zoran Čendak, Elvis Čendak, Draženko Čendak, Milan Čendak, Dragan Čendak, Gordana Čendak, Dajana Čendak, Đuka Čendak, Miloš Čendak, Biserka Čendak, Danijel Čendak, Zdenko Čendak, Romana Čendak, Rina Čendak, Davor Čendak, Mira Čendak, Marin Čendak, Marijana Čendak, Roberta Čendak

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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