Surname Krašnjak in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Krašnjak live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and two other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Visnjevac (<5), Darda in Osijek area (<5), Kutina (<5), and in Nasice (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Krašnjak (including: Krasnyak , Krasniak and Krasnjak ) is present in 14 countries worldwide. "Krasniak " is used by some 100 people in Brazil , about 80 in the United States , and some 70 people in Poland.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Krašnjak, Darko Krašnjak, Krunoslav Krašnjak, Dubravko Krašnjak, Ilija Krašnjak, Lidija Krašnjak, Marko Krašnjak, Marica Krašnjak, Snježana Krašnjak, Ljubica Krašnjak, Slavko Krašnjak, Stevo Krašnjak, Boris Krašnjak, Marija Krašnjak, Vinko Krašnjak, Barica Krašnjak, Ana Krašnjak, Franjo Krašnjak, Romana Krašnjak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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