Surname Debenjak in modern Croatia

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.

Characteristic first names

Marko Debenjak, Ivica Debenjak, Doris Debenjak, Bogdan Debenjak, Božidar Debenjak, Riko Debenjak, Alexandar Debenjak, Dragica Debenjak, Damir Debenjak, Benjamin Debenjak, Igor Debenjak, Marija Debenjak, Elena Debenjak, Doroteja Debenjak, Ivanka Debenjak, Izidor Debenjak, Matej Debenjak, Olga Debenjak

Mentions in sources

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.

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