Surname Kernjak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kernjak families are Croats (from Cakovec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and in Cakovec area.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Kernjak live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, two cities and 5 other places, mostly in Vugrisinec (<10) and Vukanovec (<10) in Cakovec area, Ilok (<5), Nedelisce in Cakovec area (<5), and in Semovec in Varazdin area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kernjak (including: Chernyak , Csernyak , Chernyakh , Khernyak , Cernjak and Kernyak ) is present in 34 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Bojan Kernjak, Mijo Kernjak, Nikola Kernjak, Viktorija Kernjak, Dražen Kernjak, Štefica Kernjak, Danijel Kernjak, Sanja Kernjak, Katarina Kernjak, Marica Kernjak, Ladislav Kernjak, Rozalija Kernjak, Ana Kernjak, Ivan Kernjak, Vidica Kernjak, Julijana Kernjak, Zdravko Kernjak, Vladimir Kernjak, Brankica Kernjak

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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