Surname Pšeničnik in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Pšeničnik live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Osijek (<10), Karlovac (<10), Koprivnica (<10), and in Solin (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Germany (3) and the United States (1).
Family name Pšeničnik (including: Pshenichnik , Psenicnik ) is present in 6 countries on two continents. The family name "Psenicnik " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marija Pšeničnik, Jasna Pšeničnik, Slavko Pšeničnik, Antun Pšeničnik, Robert Pšeničnik, Ivica Pšeničnik, Ivana Pšeničnik, Saša Pšeničnik, Martina Pšeničnik, Siniša Pšeničnik, Vladimir Pšeničnik, Željko Pšeničnik, Anica Pšeničnik, Neven Pšeničnik, Nevenka Pšeničnik, Ivanka Pšeničnik, Hrvoje Pšeničnik, Igor Pšeničnik, Janez Pšeničnik

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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