In Croatia, Debenjak families are Croats (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Debenjak live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in only two Croatian places: in Zagreb (<5) and Planina Skradska in Delnice area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Debenjak is present in 7 countries on four continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1929 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.