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Surname Crnjak in modern Croatia
Crnjak families are Croats and they are mostly from Zadar area. According to some sources they are from Skradin area (Rupe). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Western Bosnia (Livno area) and in Zadar area. In Podgradina in Zadar area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Crnjak.
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Prevalence
About 660 people with faimily name Crnjak live in Croatia today, in 250 households. There were 430 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 36 cities and 61 other places, mostly in Zagreb (120), Podgradina in Zadar area (115), Vinkovci (35), Sesvete (30), and in Sibenik (30).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Crnjak (including: Chernyak , Crnjac , Cerniak , Zerniak , Zernyak , Cernjak , Chrnyak , Crnjack and Tzerniak ) is present in 39 countries worldwide. The family name "Crnjak " is used by some 200 people in Germany , about 80 in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Crnjack " is used by few people in the United States. "Zerniak " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Poland , and small number of people in Ukraine.
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Characteristic first names
Mario Crnjak,
Petar Crnjak,
Ratko Crnjak,
Ilija Crnjak,
Jasmina Crnjak,
Dragutin Crnjak,
Dražen Crnjak,
Jelenko Crnjak,
Lino Crnjak,
Jasminka Crnjak,
Zoran Crnjak,
Mladen Crnjak,
Stana Crnjak,
Kruno Crnjak,
Krešimir Crnjak,
Zdravko Crnjak,
Vitomir Crnjak,
Jako Crnjak,
Stipo Crnjak
