Surname Mržljak in modern Croatia

Mržljak families are Croats and they are mostly from Duga Resa area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and in Duga Resa area.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Mržljak live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Duga Resa (15), Jarce Polje in Duga Resa area (15), Pribanjci in Vrbovsko area (<10), Karlovac (<10), and in Mracin in Duga Resa area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (5), Sweden (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Mržljak (including: Mrzljak , Merzlyak , Merzljak and Merzliak ) is present in 19 countries worldwide. The family name "Mrzljak " is used by some 200 people in Haiti , about 90 in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Merzlyak " is used by some 100 people in Russian Federation , about 100 in Ukraine , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Janko Mržljak, Dražen Mržljak, Dalibor Mržljak, Slavica Mržljak, Josip Mržljak, Mario Mržljak, Nikolina Mržljak, Marijana Mržljak, Darko Mržljak, Željka Mržljak, Irena Mržljak, Nikola Mržljak, Kristina Mržljak, Tihomir Mržljak, Branko Mržljak, Damir Mržljak, Miroslav Mržljak, Boris Mržljak, Emil Mržljak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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