Surname Koružnjak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Koružnjak families are Croats (from Pregrada ), barely Czechs (from Bjelovar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Pregrada. In Višnjevec in Pregrada every tenth inhabitant had the family name Koružnjak.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Koružnjak live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are only located in in 7 Croatian cities and two other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Visnjevec (<10), Sveti Ivan Zelina (<10), Sesvete (<5), and in Kastel Stari (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Koružnjak is present in this form only in Croatia.

Characteristic first names

Boris Koružnjak, Bruno Koružnjak, Tomislav Koružnjak, Irena Koružnjak, Ranka Koružnjak, Srećko Koružnjak, Željko Koružnjak, Mario Koružnjak, Marija Koružnjak, Moris Koružnjak, Branko Koružnjak, Josipa Koružnjak, Milivoj Koružnjak, Snježana Koružnjak, Renata Koružnjak, Leonard Koružnjak, Dragica Koružnjak, Vladimir Koružnjak, Antica Koružnjak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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