Surname Košnjak in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Košnjak live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in two Croatian counties, two cities and another small place , mostly in Legrad in Koprivnica area (10), Split (<10), and in Koprivnica (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Košnjak (including: Kosnjak , Koshnyak and Kosnyak ) is present in five countries.

Characteristic first names

Karmela Košnjak, Damir Košnjak, Mario Košnjak, Klaudija Košnjak, Danijela Košnjak, Toni Košnjak, Slavko Košnjak, Ivan Košnjak, Ivo Košnjak, Dijana Košnjak, Antica Košnjak, Rozalija Košnjak, Antun Košnjak, Ana Košnjak, Jelena Košnjak, Vera Košnjak, Suzana Košnjak, Simona Košnjak, Mihael Košnjak

Mentions in sources

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

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