Surname Brežnjak in modern Croatia

Brežnjak families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanec and Pregrada. In places Margečan , Osečka and Željeznica in Ivanec every tenth inhabitant had the family name Brežnjak.

Prevalence

About 250 people with faimily name Brežnjak live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 27 other places, mostly in Radovan (35), Zeljeznica (20), Osecka (15), Bregi Kostelski (15), and in Pregrada (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Brežnjak (including: Bereznyak , Berezhnyak , Brezniak , Breznyak , Breznjak , Bereznjak , Breznyack and Brezhnyak ) is present in 21 countries worldwide. "Breznyak " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Brezniak " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Czech Republic , and small number of people in Israel. "Breznyack " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mladen Brežnjak, Stjepan Brežnjak, Boris Brežnjak, Valentina Brežnjak, Božo Brežnjak, Željka Brežnjak, Marijan Brežnjak, Štefanija Brežnjak, Darinka Brežnjak, Josip Brežnjak, Igor Brežnjak, Vid Brežnjak, Ivan Brežnjak, Milan Brežnjak, Tamara Brežnjak, Domen Brežnjak, Danijel Brežnjak, Dragutin Brežnjak, Magdalena Brežnjak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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