Surname Bijak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bijak families are Croats (from Grubisno Polje area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Virovitica area and in Grubisno Polje area.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Bijak live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Turnasica in Djurdjevac area (<5), Pula (<5), Pitomaca in Djurdjevac area (<5), Vukosavljevica in Virovitica area (<5), and in Sibenik in Grubisno Polje area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bijak (including: Bilyak , Biyak , Bijac , Bilyach , Bierach , Biejak , Bieak and Bijack ) is present in 28 countries worldwide. The family name "Bijak " is used by some 2000 people in Poland , about 1000 in Indonesia , and some 100 people in the United States. "Biejak " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Bieak " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Miodrag Bijak, Mario Bijak, Ivan Bijak, Željko Bijak, Josip Bijak, Jela Bijak, Anđela Bijak, Brankica Bijak, Draženka Bijak, Anđelka Bijak, Branka Bijak, Franjo Bijak, Marica Bijak, Vera Bijak

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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