Surname Brnjak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Brnjak families are almost entirely Croats (from Sveti Ivan Zelina area ), barely Bosniaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Jajce area) and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Brnjak live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties and 13 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Omamno in Sveti Ivan Zelina area (10), Markovac Nasicki (<10), and in Djurdjenovac (<5) and Podgorac (<5) in Nasice area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Brnjak (including: Brniak , Brnjac , Bernyak , Berniak , Brnyak and Bernjak ) is present in 19 countries worldwide. "Brniak " is used by some 200 people in Poland and small number in the United States. "Berniak " is used by some 60 people in Belarus , about 50 in Poland , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Neven Brnjak, Vladimir Brnjak, Danijel Brnjak, Miroslav Brnjak, Željko Brnjak, Dalibor Brnjak, Stjepan Brnjak, Ivana Brnjak, Antonio Brnjak, Jasenka Brnjak, Ivica Brnjak, Vlado Brnjak, Dinka Brnjak, Nevenka Brnjak, Jasna Brnjak, Blaženka Brnjak, Mihaela Brnjak, Marijan Brnjak, Ana Brnjak

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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