Surname Kalenik in modern Croatia

Kalenik families are Croats and they are mostly from Djurdjevac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djurdjevac area and in Virovitica.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Kalenik live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Pitomaca in Djurdjevac area (20), Spisic Bukovica in Virovitica area (15), Zagreb (10), Otrovanec in Djurdjevac area (10), and in Sesvete (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kalenik (including: Kalenich , Kalenic , Kalennik , Kalenykh , Kalenyk , Kalenichok , Kalenichiy , Kalenichin and Kalenick ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. "Kalenick " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Kalenic " is used by few people in Canada and few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Miljenko Kalenik, Vatroslav Kalenik, Ratko Kalenik, Biljana Kalenik, Josipa Kalenik, Siniša Kalenik, Slađana Kalenik, Zoran Kalenik, Stjepan Kalenik, Nikolina Kalenik, Marija Kalenik, Josip Kalenik, Vladimir Kalenik, Almira Kalenik, Maja Kalenik, Zdenko Kalenik, Đuro Kalenik, Snježana Kalenik, Samir Kalenik

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1701 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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