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Surname Piljak in modern Croatia
Piljak 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 Zagreb and in Ludbreg area. In Ivančevo in Middle Bosnia every ninth inhabitant had the family name Piljak.
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Prevalence
About 120 people with faimily name Piljak live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Zlatar (20), Jalzabet in Ludbreg area (15), Zagreb (15), Jarmina in Vinkovci area (<10), and in Novakovec in Ludbreg area (<10).
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Outside Croatia
At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Piljak (including: Pilyak , Pelyak , Piljac , Peliak , Pylyak and Peljak ) is present in 18 countries on four continents. The family name "Piljak " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Piljac " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Pelyak " is used by some 300 people in Ukraine , about 50 in Russian Federation , and small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Žarko Piljak,
Ivan Piljak,
Krešo Piljak,
Branka Piljak,
Dario Piljak,
Karin Piljak,
Miroslav Piljak,
Vlado Piljak,
Nikola Piljak,
Damir Piljak,
Zvjezdana Piljak,
Zlatko Piljak,
Dubravka Piljak,
Danijel Piljak,
Štefica Piljak,
Dalibor Piljak,
Krunoslav Piljak,
Robert Piljak,
Mihaela Piljak
