Surname Benjak in modern Croatia

Benjak families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Marof. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Novi Marof and Varazdin. In Strmec Remetinečki in Novi Marof every fifth inhabitant had the family name Benjak.

Prevalence

About 420 people with faimily name Benjak live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 500 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 42 other places, mostly in Strmec Remetinecki (70), Zagreb (50), Remetinec (50), Novi Marof (40), and in Ostrice (30).

Outside Croatia

Family name Benjak (including: Benyak , Beniak , Benyakh , Benjack , Benyacs and Benyack ) is present in 22 countries worldwide. "Benyak " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 200 in Hungary , and some 100 people in Slovakia. "Benjack " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Benyack " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mirjana Benjak, Zvonko Benjak, Tomislav Benjak, Miljenko Benjak, Vesna Benjak, Krešimir Benjak, Štefica Benjak, Saša Benjak, Milenko Benjak, Đurđica Benjak, Nada Benjak, Goran Benjak, Eduard Benjak, Dragutin Benjak, Zdravko Benjak, Siniša Benjak, Mario Benjak, Grga Benjak, Mladen Benjak

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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