Surname Cunjak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Cunjak families are predominantly Croats (from Ozalj ), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ozalj and in Bosnian Krajina (Prijedor area). In Lović Prekriški in Ozalj every ninth inhabitant had the family name Cunjak.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Cunjak live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Karlovac (<10), Zagreb (<10), Tulisevica in Opatija area (<10), Koprivnica (<10), and in Lovic Prekriski (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Cunjak (including: Chunyak , Cugnach , Cuniak , Zuniak and Cunjac ) is present in 15 countries on four continents. The family name "Cunjak " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Cuniak " is used by small number of people in Poland and small number in the United States. "Zuniak " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zoran Cunjak, Vjekoslav Cunjak, Draško Cunjak, Igor Cunjak, Boris Cunjak, Aleksandar Cunjak, Alen Cunjak, Goran Cunjak, Mario Cunjak, Ranko Cunjak, Milica Cunjak, Katica Cunjak, Miroslav Cunjak, Ivan Cunjak, Krešimir Cunjak, Ana Cunjak, Slobodan Cunjak, Nadica Cunjak, Josip Cunjak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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