Surname Drobnjak in modern Croatia

Drobnjak families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Velika Gorica , but often Serbs very rarely Montenegrins. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Petrinja. In Gornja Mlinoga in Petrinja every third inhabitant had the family name Drobnjak.

Prevalence

About 270 people with faimily name Drobnjak live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 420 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 28 cities and 32 other places, mostly in Zagreb (65), Ribnica (30), Pula (20), Petrinja (20), and in Velika Gorica (15).

Outside Croatia

At least ten families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (6), the Netherlands (1), the United States (1), France (1), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Drobnjak (including: Drobniak , Drobnyak ) is present in 27 countries on four continents. The family name "Drobnjak " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 70 in the United States , and small number of people in Russian Federation. "Drobniak " is used by some 500 people in Poland , small number in France , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Siniša Drobnjak, Katica Drobnjak, Miroslav Drobnjak, Smiljka Drobnjak, Marijana Drobnjak, Saša Drobnjak, Nikola Drobnjak, Darinka Drobnjak, Milan Drobnjak, Željka Drobnjak, Goran Drobnjak, Snježana Drobnjak, Tihomir Drobnjak, Miodrag Drobnjak, Franko Drobnjak, Predrag Drobnjak, Gojko Drobnjak, Anđelka Drobnjak, Franjo Drobnjak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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