Surname Poštenjak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Poštenjak families are Croats (from Imotsko ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Imotsko.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Poštenjak live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and threee other places, mostly in Imotski (15), Split (15), Zagreb (<10), Metkovic (<5), and in Okrug Gornji on the Island of Ciovo (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Poštenjak (including: Postenjak , Postenjac ) is present in three countries.

Characteristic first names

Karmelo Poštenjak, Zlatko Poštenjak, Nikola Poštenjak, Ivica Poštenjak, Goran Poštenjak, Alemka Poštenjak, Sandra Poštenjak, Ljubomir Poštenjak, Željko Poštenjak, Darko Poštenjak, Vladimir Poštenjak, Milan Poštenjak, Miranda Poštenjak, Mladen Poštenjak, Marija Poštenjak, Ante Poštenjak, Marijana Poštenjak, Igor Poštenjak, Djurdjica Poštenjak

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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