Surname Orešnik in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Orešnik families are predominantly Croats (from Krizevci ), rarely Slovenes (from Pula ), and very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Pula.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Orešnik live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and threee other places, mostly in Pula (<10), Zagreb (<10), Krizevci (<5), Zlebec Puscanski in Zapresic area (<5), and in Medulin in Pula area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Orešnik (including: Oresnik , Oreshnik , Oreschnick and Oreshnick ) is present in 7 countries on three continents. "Oreschnick " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Oreshnick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marijan Orešnik, Martina Orešnik, Marina Orešnik, Željko Orešnik, Aleksandar Orešnik, Pavle Orešnik, Ivan Orešnik, Nevenka Orešnik, Lidija Orešnik, Milan Orešnik, Romana Orešnik, Ivana Orešnik, Marija Orešnik, Tomislav Orešnik, Ana Orešnik, Pauli Orešnik, Ružica Orešnik, Mira Orešnik, Zvjezdana Orešnik

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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