Surname Hrnjak in modern Croatia

Hrnjak families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Ozalj , also Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Doboj, Bosnia (Doboj area). In Brašljevica in Ozalj every fourth inhabitant had the family name Hrnjak.

Prevalence

About 220 people with faimily name Hrnjak live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 270 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 21 other places, mostly in Zagreb (100), Bunic in Obrovac area (15), Sesvete (10), Karlovac (10), and in Velika Gorica (10).

Outside Croatia

At least 12 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: France (2), Australia (2), the United States (2), Germany (2), the Netherlands (1), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (1), and to Austria (1).
Family name Hrnjak (including: Chernyak , Chornyak , Hrnyak , Herniak , Hernjak , Charnyak , Chrnyak , Hernyak and Thernyak ) is present in 33 countries worldwide. The family name "Hrnjak " is used by some 100 people in Austria , about 80 in the United States , and small number of people in Germany. "Hrnyak " is used by some 60 people in the United States. "Herniak " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Dalibor Hrnjak, Perica Hrnjak, Anita Hrnjak, Dragan Hrnjak, Daniel Hrnjak, Vjekoslav Hrnjak, Janko Hrnjak, Jurijana Hrnjak, Slavica Hrnjak, Maja Hrnjak, Ivan Hrnjak, Anto Hrnjak, Milan Hrnjak, Milenko Hrnjak, Miroslav Hrnjak, Vesna Hrnjak, Jelena Hrnjak, Mile Hrnjak, Saša Hrnjak

Mentions in sources

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

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