Surname Fanjak in modern Croatia

Fanjak families are Croats and they are mostly from Karlovac. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Fanjak live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, two cities and four other places, mostly in Zadobarje (40), Karlovac (25), Rijeka (<5), Belajske Poljice in Duga Resa area (<5), and in Mahicno (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Fanjak is present in four countries on two continents. "Fanyak " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Kristijan Fanjak, Mato Fanjak, Nena Fanjak, Tihomir Fanjak, Tomislav Fanjak, Slavko Fanjak, Stjepan Fanjak, Danijel Fanjak, Mario Fanjak, Sanja Fanjak, Mijo Fanjak, Vladimir Fanjak, Nada Fanjak, Damir Fanjak, Đurđica Fanjak, Slavo Fanjak, Ivan Fanjak, Nikola Fanjak, Branka Fanjak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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