Surname Žiljak in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 170 people with faimily name Žiljak live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 220 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Zagreb (50), in Gornja Bistra (35), Donja Bistra (15) and Oborovo Bistransko (<10) in Oroslavje area, and in Zapresic (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Žiljak (including: Ziljak , Zhilyak , Ziliak , Zeljak , Zelyak , Zilyak , Zhelyak , Zyliak , Zhylyak and Zilliak ) is present in 17 countries on four continents. The family name "Ziljak " is used by few people in Slovakia and few people in the United States. "Ziliak " is used by some 300 people in the United States. "Zilliak " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vilko Žiljak, Davor Žiljak, Aleksandar Žiljak, Tihomir Žiljak, Manuela Žiljak, Dragutin Žiljak, Nada Žiljak, Ivan Žiljak, Tereza Žiljak, Mladen Žiljak, Ivica Žiljak, Vesna Žiljak, Vjekoslav Žiljak, Biserka Žiljak, Nikola Žiljak, Nenad Žiljak, Marija Žiljak, Siniša Žiljak, Nevenka Žiljak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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