Surname Hornjak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Hornjak families are predominantly Croats (from Srijem, Vojvodina ), rarely Rusyns (from Vukovar area ), and very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Srijem, Vojvodina and in Vukovar.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Hornjak live in Croatia today, in 17 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Osijek (<10), Vukovar (<10), Zagreb (<10), Ilok (<10), and in Visnjevac (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Hornjak (including: Hornyak , Hornyák , Horniak , Chornyak , Hornyack and Horniack ) is present in 33 countries worldwide. The family name "Hornjak " is used by some 400 people in Turkmenistan , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Australia , small number of people in the United States. "Hornyak " is used by some 3000 people in the United States , about 100 in Germany , and some 70 people in Japan. "Horniak " is used by some 400 people in Slovakia , about 200 in the United States , and some 80 people in Czech Republic.

Characteristic first names

Denis Hornjak, Marija Hornjak, Larisa Hornjak, Maja Hornjak, Željko Hornjak, Vanja Hornjak, Nevenka Hornjak, Ankica Hornjak, Dragan Hornjak, Zdenka Hornjak, Saša Hornjak, Ljubomir Hornjak, Davor Hornjak, Boris Hornjak, Edo Hornjak, Vladimir Hornjak, Nataša Hornjak, Mirko Hornjak, Miroslav Hornjak

Mentions in sources

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

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