Surname Pernjek in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Pernjek live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Zagora (30), Krapina (25), Donji Macelj in Krapina area (20), Podgora Krapinska (15), and in Zagreb (15).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and Germany (1).
Family name Pernjek is present in two countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Branko Pernjek, Ivan Pernjek, Tomislav Pernjek, Stevo Pernjek, Jasminka Pernjek, Štefanija Pernjek, Ivana Pernjek, Elvira Pernjek, Stjepan Pernjek, Robert Pernjek, Miroslav Pernjek, Kristijan Pernjek, Ivona Pernjek, Božidar Pernjek, Miljenko Pernjek, Željko Pernjek, Kristjan Pernjek, Bojan Pernjek, Mirjana Pernjek

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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