Surname Kljak in modern Croatia

Kljak families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanic-Grad area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Zlatar.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Kljak live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are only located in four Croatian cities and 7 other places, mostly in Repno (25), Zagreb (15), Ivanic-Grad (15), Cemernica Lonjska in Ivanic-Grad area (10), and in Borkovec (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kljak (including: Chelyak , Klyak , Chuljak , Chulyak , Chilyak , Klyach , Chiliak , Ciliak and Ciljak ) is present in 14 countries on four continents. "Ciliak " is used by small number of people in Czech Republic , small number in Slovakia , and small number in the United States. "Chulyak " is used by small number of people in Ukraine , small number in Russian Federation , and small number of people in the United States. "Chaliak " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Kljak, Vlado Kljak, Jaroslav Kljak, Vesna Kljak, Miroslav Kljak, Vedran Kljak, Milica Kljak, Snježana Kljak, Mirko Kljak, Tihomir Kljak, Stjepan Kljak, Vladimir Kljak, Ivan Kljak, Valentina Kljak, Đurđica Kljak, Denis Kljak, Dino Kljak, Sonja Kljak, Ivica Kljak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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