Surname Kozjak in modern Croatia

Kozjak families are Croats and they are mostly from Cakovec. According to some sources they are from Varazdin. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 430 people with faimily name Kozjak live in Croatia today, in 200 households. There were 530 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 33 cities and 43 other places, mostly in Zagreb (105), Cakovec (60), Virovitica (25), Cret in Krapina area (25), and in Belica in Cakovec area (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kozjak (including: Koziak , Kozyak and Kozlyak ) is present in 20 countries worldwide. The family name "Kozjak " is used by small number of people in Germany , small number in Canada , and small number of people in the United States. "Kozyak " is used by some 200 people in Ukraine , small number in Russian Federation , and small number of people in the United States. "Koziak " is used by some 1000 people in Poland , about 300 in Slovakia , and some 300 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Želimir Kozjak, Davorin Kozjak, Dragutin Kozjak, Siniša Kozjak, Josip Kozjak, Denis Kozjak, Andreja Kozjak, Goran Kozjak, Grozdana Kozjak, Ana Kozjak, Boris Kozjak, Zlatko Kozjak, Dragan Kozjak, Senija Kozjak, Veljko Kozjak, Brankica Kozjak, Barbara Kozjak, Kristijan Kozjak, Mladen Kozjak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1672 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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