Surname Fijak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Fijak families are Croats (from Novi Marof area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Sveti Ivan Zelina.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Fijak live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only one small Croatian place, in Vinicno in Novi Marof area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Fijak (including: Filyak , Fijac , Fiyak , Filyac and Fijack ) is present in 18 countries worldwide. The family name "Fijak " is used by some 800 people in Poland , about 100 in Germany , and some 50 people in the United States. "Fiyak " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Fijack " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Fijak, Marica Fijak, Mario Fijak, Milan Fijak, Jelica Fijak, Josip Fijak, Katarina Fijak, Ana Fijak, Draga Fijak, Franjo Fijak, Jela Fijak, Kata Fijak, Marija Fijak, Matija Fijak, Pavao Fijak, Roza Fijak, Vladimir Fijak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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