Surname Huzjak in modern Croatia

Huzjak families are Croats and they are mostly from Varazdinske Toplice. According to some sources they are from Donje Poljane. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdinske Toplice and Velika Gorica. In Gustelnica in Velika Gorica every second inhabitant had the family name Huzjak.

Prevalence

About 850 people with faimily name Huzjak live in Croatia today, in 340 households. There were 870 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 30 cities and 92 other places, mostly in Varazdinske Toplice (95), Zagreb (90), Varazdin (45), Velika Gorica (45), and in Gustelnica (45).

Outside Croatia

Family name Huzjak (including: Huziak , Huzyak , Huziack and Huzyack ) is present in 9 countries on three continents. The family name "Huzjak " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Australia. "Huzyak " is used by some 70 people in the United States. "Huziak " is used by some 60 people in Canada and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Miroslav Huzjak, Marijan Huzjak, Franjo Huzjak, Ivan Huzjak, Nevenka Huzjak, Sanja Huzjak, Sanjin Huzjak, Zlatko Huzjak, Dražen Huzjak, Suzana Huzjak, Stjepan Huzjak, Vinko Huzjak, Vjekoslav Huzjak, Jasna Huzjak, Dragutin Huzjak, Nada Huzjak, Josip Huzjak, Miljenko Huzjak, Dominko Huzjak

Mentions in sources

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

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