Surname Plevnjak in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Plevnjak live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 20 other places, mostly in Cakovec (45), Mackovec (<10), Podturen in Mursko Sredisce area (<10), Prelog (<5), and in Mihovljan (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Plevnjak (including: Plewniak , Plevniak ) is present in 14 countries on three continents. "Plevniak " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Plewniak " is used by some 700 people in Poland , about 200 in Germany , and some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Drago Plevnjak, Valentina Plevnjak, Tomica Plevnjak, Marija Plevnjak, Matija Plevnjak, Siniša Plevnjak, Soni Plevnjak, Štefica Plevnjak, Bojan Plevnjak, Marko Plevnjak, Ružica Plevnjak, Maja Plevnjak, Marina Plevnjak, Igor Plevnjak, Mijo Plevnjak, Dragan Plevnjak, Franjo Plevnjak, Katarina Plevnjak, Jasna Plevnjak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1927 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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