Surname Drahnik in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Drahnik families are Croats (from Ludbreg ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ludbreg and Varazdin.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Drahnik live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only five Croatian places: in Ludbreg (<5), Vinogradi Ludbreski (<5), Bregana (<5), Donji Daruvar (<5), and in Priles in Ludbreg area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Drahnik (including: Drachnik , Drahník ) is present in five countries on three continents. "Drachnik " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dalibor Drahnik, Miroslava Drahnik, Ljerka Drahnik, Krunoslav Drahnik, Ivan Drahnik, Dražen Drahnik, Marija Drahnik, Angela Drahnik, Vladimir Drahnik, Ana Drahnik, Đuro Drahnik, Josip Drahnik, Zdenka Drahnik, Alojzija Drahnik, Ivica Drahnik, Anka Drahnik, Gjuro Drahnik, Kata Drahnik, Marica Drahnik

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1924 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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