Surname Lipnjak in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Lipnjak live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and threee other places, mostly in Druskovec Humski in Pregrada area (30), Zagreb (15), Oresje Humsko in Pregrada area (<5), Kostel (<5), and in Koprivnica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lipnjak (including: Lipniak , Lipnyak ) is present in 6 countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Gorana Lipnjak, Stanko Lipnjak, Robert Lipnjak, Biserka Lipnjak, Lana Lipnjak, Martina Lipnjak, Tanja Lipnjak, Sandra Lipnjak, Sanja Lipnjak, Ivan Lipnjak, Danijel Lipnjak, Marica Lipnjak, Natali Lipnjak, Darko Lipnjak, Dubravko Lipnjak, Martin Lipnjak, Zvonimir Lipnjak, Vera Lipnjak, Marijan Lipnjak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1943 in source Directorium ARCHI-DIOECESI ZAGREBIENSI.

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