Surname Duvnjak in modern Croatia

Duvnjak families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Blato na Cetini. According to some sources they are from Tomislavgrad area and Vrlika area (Garjak), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Western Bosnia (Livno area) and in Bosnian Krajina (Sipovo area). In Čuklić in Bosnian Krajina every second inhabitant had the family name Duvnjak.

Prevalence

About 1900 people with faimily name Duvnjak live in Croatia today, in 720 households. There were 430 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 67 cities and 143 other places, mostly in Zagreb (305), Djakovo (155), Solin (100), Split (95), and in Koska in Nasice area (65).

Outside Croatia

At least 17 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (7), France (3), Austria (2), Switzerland (2), the United States (1), South Africa (1), and to New Zealand (1).
Family name Duvnjak (including: Duvnyak , Duvniak ) is present in 26 countries worldwide. The family name "Duvnjak " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 100 in the United States , and some 80 people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Drago Duvnjak, Božo Duvnjak, Marko Duvnjak, Mario Duvnjak, Hrvoje Duvnjak, Vedran Duvnjak, Željko Duvnjak, Branko Duvnjak, Ante Duvnjak, Tomislav Duvnjak, Irena Duvnjak, Nikola Duvnjak, Ivo Duvnjak, Milan Duvnjak, Neven Duvnjak, Štefica Duvnjak, Ivan Duvnjak, Kazimir Duvnjak, Milka Duvnjak

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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