Surname Husnik in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Husnik families are Croats (from Karlovac area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac area and in Ivanic-Grad.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Husnik live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are only located in threee Croatian cities and 5 other places, mostly in Draganic in Karlovac area (20), Gornji Prnjarovec in Ivanic-Grad area (<5), Komusevac (<5), Djurdjevac (<5), and in Greda Breska (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Husnik (including: Husnick , Husník , Husnic and Chaushnik ) is present in 14 countries on four continents. The family name "Husnik " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 100 in Czech Republic , and small number of people in Canada , small number of people in Germany. "Husnick " is used by some 200 people in the United States. "Husnic " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Melita Husnik, Mladen Husnik, Ines Husnik, Ignac Husnik, Lidija Husnik, Dražen Husnik, Anđelka Husnik, Helena Husnik, Josip Husnik, Dragutin Husnik, Zdravko Husnik, Želimir Husnik, Ivan Husnik, Petar Husnik, Ferdo Husnik, Katarina Husnik, Ljiljana Husnik, Boris Husnik, Zvonko Husnik

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1929 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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