Surname Špernjak in modern Croatia

Špernjak families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanec area and in Koprivnica.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Špernjak live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Koprivnica (20), Privlaka (10), Donja Voca in Ivanec area (<10), Ivanecki Vrhovec (<10), and in Fotez Breg in Ivanec area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Špernjak (including: Spernjak , Spernyak ) is present in 6 countries on three continents. "Spernyak " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Anita Špernjak, Damir Špernjak, Stjepan Špernjak, Nenad Špernjak, Maja Špernjak, Vladimir Špernjak, Štefanija Špernjak, Nataša Špernjak, Mario Špernjak, Darko Špernjak, Mladen Špernjak, Dalibor Špernjak, Zlatko Špernjak, Đurđica Špernjak, Tomica Špernjak, Đurđa Špernjak, Zvonko Špernjak, Violeta Špernjak, Siniša Špernjak

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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