Surname Bošnjak in modern Croatia

Bošnjak families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia , rarely Serbs. According to some sources they are from Herzegovina (Mostara, Široki Brijeg). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Zagreb. In Grabova Draga in Herzegovina every second inhabitant had the family name Bošnjak.

Prevalence

About 6500 people with faimily name Bošnjak live in Croatia today, in 2600 households. There were 4400 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 104 cities and 539 other places, mostly in Zagreb (1135), Osijek (330), Split (325), Sesvete (180), and in Vinkovci (140).

Outside Croatia

At least nine 4 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (36), Australia (18), Austria (13), the United States (6), Canada (6), Switzerland (6), Sweden (3), the United Kingdom (3), Norway (1), France (1), and to Spain (1).
Family name Bošnjak (including: Bosnjak , Bosnyák , Boshnyak , Bosnyak , Bosniak , Boshnjak , Bosniack and Bosnjack ) is present in 48 countries worldwide. The family name "Bosnjak " is used by some 2000 people in Germany , about 500 in the United States , and some 500 people in Australia. "Boshnyak " is used by some 200 people in Russian Federation , about 100 in Ukraine , and small number of people in the United States. "Bosnyak " is used by some 200 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mirko Bošnjak, Andrija Bošnjak, Ivan Bošnjak, Josip Bošnjak, Tomislav Bošnjak, Ivanka Bošnjak, Zvonko Bošnjak, Marija Bošnjak, Kruno Bošnjak, Branko Bošnjak, Miljenko Bošnjak, Mario Bošnjak, Vladimir Bošnjak, Mile Bošnjak, Elvis Bošnjak, Nikolina Bošnjak, Boris Bošnjak, Božica Bošnjak, Jelena Bošnjak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned about one hundred times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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