Surname Manjaka in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Manjaka families are Croats (from Sinj area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sinj area and in Sinj. In Trilj in Sinj area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Manjaka.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Manjaka live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, in 6 cities and two other places, mostly in Trilj in Sinj area (30), Zagreb (<5), Split (<5), Kastel Stari (<5), and in Omis (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Manjaka (including: Manyaka , Manyacka , Magnacca , Maniaka , Manyakha and Manjakka ) is present in 28 countries worldwide. "Magnacca " is used by some 400 people in Italy , about 100 in the United States , and some 100 people in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Miljenko Manjaka, Tihomir Manjaka, Nediljko Manjaka, Darinka Manjaka, Nada Manjaka, Pavao Manjaka, Krunoslav Manjaka, Mladen Manjaka, Marina Manjaka, Ivan Manjaka, Petar Manjaka, Nedjeljko Manjaka, Dubravka Manjaka, Ivana Manjaka, Vladimir Manjaka, Anka Manjaka, Jadranka Manjaka, Ljiljana Manjaka, Marijan Manjaka

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1925 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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