Surname Žitnik in modern Croatia

Žitnik families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Klanjec , barely Slovenes. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Klanjec.

Prevalence

About 190 people with faimily name Žitnik live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 0 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Zagreb (95), Lucelnica Tomasevecka (20), Dubrovnik (15), Split (<10), and in Bjelovar (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Žitnik (including: Zitnik , Zhitnik , Zitnick , Zhytnik , Zhitnykh , Zhitnyk , Zytnik , Zytnyk , Zsittnik and Zhitnick ) is present in 31 countries worldwide. The family name "Zitnik " is used by some 600 people in the United States , about 500 in Czech Republic , and some 200 people in Germany. "Zitnick " is used by some 100 people in the United States and about 60 in Brazil. "Zhitnick " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Edi Žitnik, Boris Žitnik, Alojz Žitnik, Davorin Žitnik, Branka Žitnik, Stiven Žitnik, Mitja Žitnik, Željko Žitnik, Srećko Žitnik, Petar Žitnik, Zoran Žitnik, Zdenko Žitnik, Vjekoslav Žitnik, Valentina Žitnik, Darko Žitnik, Božidar Žitnik, Tanja Žitnik, Robert Žitnik, Dražen Žitnik

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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