Surname Plenar in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Plenar families are almost entirely Croats (from Zlatar area ), very rarely Montenegrins. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zlatar area and in Zagreb. In Gornja Brckovčina in Krizevci every ninth inhabitant had the family name Plenar.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Plenar live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located and four other Croatian places, mostly in Prepustovec in Zlatar area (10), Preseka in Vrbovec area (<10), Zagreb (<5), Konjscina in Zlatar area (<5), and in Zlatar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Plenar is present in 6 countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Sanda Plenar, Ivan Plenar, Slađana Plenar, Mirica Plenar, Branislav Plenar, Ivica Plenar, Franjo Plenar, Dragica Plenar, Nikola Plenar, Nikolina Plenar, Stjepan Plenar, Danica Plenar, Anđelka Plenar, Verica Plenar, Mirela Plenar, Danijel Plenar, Anamarija Plenar, Josip Plenar, Stanko Plenar

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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