Surname Hodnik in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Hodnik families are Croats (from Ogulin area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zabok and in Middle Bosnia (Zenica area).

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Hodnik live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Velika Gorica (<10), Kutina (<10), Oroslavje (<5), and in Zdenac in Ogulin area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Hodnik (including: Hodnick , Chodnik ) is present in 17 countries worldwide. The family name "Hodnik " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 80 in Brazil , and some 70 people in Austria. "Hodnick " is used by some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Željko Hodnik, Marijana Hodnik, Albin Hodnik, Goran Hodnik, Ivan Hodnik, Anđelko Hodnik, Zdravko Hodnik, Vlado Hodnik, Vesna Hodnik, Tea Hodnik, Andreja Hodnik, Zorana Hodnik, Delfa Hodnik, Ljiljana Hodnik, Zdenko Hodnik, Darko Hodnik, Danica Hodnik, Barbara Hodnik, Anka Hodnik

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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