Surname Mrzljak in modern Croatia

Mrzljak families are Croats and they are mostly from Oroslavje. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Karlovac. In Dugače in Vrbovsko area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Mrzljak.

Prevalence

About 280 people with faimily name Mrzljak live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 410 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 29 other places, mostly in Zagreb (105), Oroslavje (35), Tuskani (20), Krusljevo Selo (15), and in Duga Resa (15).

Outside Croatia

At least ten families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (5), Germany (3), France (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Mrzljak (including: 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

Nikola Mrzljak, Anna Mrzljak, Franjo Mrzljak, Ivan Mrzljak, Jurica Mrzljak, Miroslav Mrzljak, Kristina Mrzljak, Tatjana Mrzljak, Vladimir Mrzljak, Denis Mrzljak, Boris Mrzljak, Žarko Mrzljak, Mirna Mrzljak, Marica Mrzljak, Božica Mrzljak, Ivana Mrzljak, Darinka Mrzljak, Vesna Mrzljak, Jasna Mrzljak

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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