Surname Gojnik in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Gojnik families are Croats (from Mursko Sredisce area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Mursko Sredisce area and in Cakovec.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Gojnik live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in two Croatian counties, threee cities and four other places, mostly in Selnica in Mursko Sredisce area (<10), Cakovec (<10), Zebanec Selo in Mursko Sredisce area (<10), Zagreb (<5), and in Sveti Martin na Muri in Mursko Sredisce area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gojnik (including: Goynik , Golyanik , Goynich , Gajnik , Gaynik , Gojnycz , Gojnic , Golyanyk and Gojnich ) is present in 16 countries on four continents. "Gojnic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Gojnycz " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Igor Gojnik, Tomica Gojnik, Zvonko Gojnik, Ivan Gojnik, Jelena Gojnik, Stjepan Gojnik, Mirjana Gojnik, Nada Gojnik, Dejan Gojnik, Katica Gojnik, Franjo Gojnik, Lucija Gojnik, Marija Gojnik, Katarina Gojnik, Jasenka Gojnik, Terezija Gojnik, Zlatko Gojnik, Marta Gojnik, Ana Gojnik

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1943 in source Directorium ARCHI-DIOECESI ZAGREBIENSI.

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