Surname Penđak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Penđak families are Croats (from Vrbovec ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrbovec and Zagreb. In Dulepska in Vrbovec every fourth inhabitant had the family name Penđak.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Penđak live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and 6 other places, mostly in Dulepska (15), Kutina (<10), Vrbovec (<10), Dugo Selo (<5), and in Repusnica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Penđak (including: Pendak , Pendjak , Pendyak and Pendack ) is present in 11 countries on three continents. "Pendack " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Stjepan Penđak, Josip Penđak, Višnjica Penđak, Lidija Penđak, Marica Penđak, Natalia Penđak, Tomislav Penđak, Snježana Penđak, Vida Penđak, Julijana Penđak, Đuro Penđak, Ivančica Penđak, Jadranka Penđak, Krešo Penđak, Ivan Penđak, Nella Penđak, Damir Penđak, Mario Penđak, Ljuba Penđak

Mentions in sources

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

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