Surname Banjšak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Banjšak families are almost entirely Croats (from Pregrada area ), very rarely Bosniaks (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Koprivnica.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Banjšak live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located and four other Croatian places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Donji Skrnik in Pregrada area (<10), Lenisce in Klanjec area (<5), Razvor in Pregrada area (<5), and in Pula (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Banjšak is present in four countries on three continents. The family name "Banjsak " is used by small number of people in Argentina and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Davor Banjšak, Sanja Banjšak, Dea Banjšak, Zdravko Banjšak, Aleksandar Banjšak, Martina Banjšak, Željka Banjšak, Marijan Banjšak, Josip Banjšak, Igor Banjšak, Ivan Banjšak, Milan Banjšak, Matilda Banjšak, Darko Banjšak, Zilha Banjšak, Jelena Banjšak, Štefanija Banjšak, Marija Banjšak, Hermina Banjšak

Mentions in sources

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

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