Surname Namjesnik in modern Croatia

Namjesnik families are Croats and they are mostly from Ludbreg area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Ludbreg.

Prevalence

About 140 people with faimily name Namjesnik live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 19 other places, mostly in Krizovljan in Ludbreg area (25), Djakovo (15), Zagreb (10), Varazdin (10), and in Ludbreg (10).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and Canada (1).
Family name Namjesnik is present in four countries.

Characteristic first names

Ljiljana Namjesnik, Josip Namjesnik, Damir Namjesnik, Tomislav Namjesnik, Vlasta Namjesnik, Ruža Namjesnik, Nadica Namjesnik, Ksenija Namjesnik, Bojan Namjesnik, Danijel Namjesnik, Krunoslav Namjesnik, Dragutin Namjesnik, Kristina Namjesnik, Biljana Namjesnik, Željka Namjesnik, Denis Namjesnik, Branko Namjesnik, Nedjeljka Namjesnik, Ivan Namjesnik

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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