Surname Žmuk in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Žmuk live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and 9 other places, mostly in Trnovec in Varazdin area (45), Varazdin (10), Zamlaka in Varazdin area (<10), Hrastovljan in Ludbreg area (<10), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Žmuk (including: Zmuk , Zhmuk ) is present in five countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Berislav Žmuk, Zoran Žmuk, Davor Žmuk, Tomislav Žmuk, Nevenka Žmuk, Dejan Žmuk, Siniša Žmuk, Goran Žmuk, Sanjica Žmuk, Kristijan Žmuk, Marija Žmuk, Nikola Žmuk, Zlatko Žmuk, Franjo Žmuk, Božica Žmuk, Snježana Žmuk, Nenad Žmuk, Tatjana Žmuk, Draženka Žmuk

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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