Surname Cerjak in modern Croatia

Cerjak families are Croats and they are mostly from Glina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Glina and Sisak.

Prevalence

About 240 people with faimily name Cerjak live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 300 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 16 cities and 30 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Petrinja (25), Topolovac (15), Gredjani in Glina area (15), and in Sisak (15).

Outside Croatia

At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (3), Switzerland (2), Australia (1), the United States (1), and to Austria (1).
Family name Cerjak (including: Ceryak , Cheryak , Ceriak , Ceryack , Zeryack and Zeriak ) is present in 17 countries on four continents. The family name "Cerjak " is used by some 80 people in the United States , about 60 in France , and small number of people in Germany. "Ceryak " is used by some 60 people in the United States. "Ceryack " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marija Cerjak, Josip Cerjak, Željka Cerjak, Nevenka Cerjak, Velimir Cerjak, Radovan Cerjak, Mato Cerjak, Mijo Cerjak, Višnja Cerjak, Mihaela Cerjak, Mirjana Cerjak, Marko Cerjak, Andrijana Cerjak, Kristina Cerjak, Sandra Cerjak, Milena Cerjak, Tomislav Cerjak, Vlado Cerjak, Željko Cerjak

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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