Surname Pondeljak in modern Croatia

Pondeljak families are Croats and they are mostly from Pregrada. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Pregrada. In Višnjevec in Pregrada every tenth inhabitant had the family name Pondeljak.

Prevalence

About 140 people with faimily name Pondeljak live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 23 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Pregrada (15), Dugo Selo (<10), Kupljenovo (<10), and in Pavlovec Pregradski (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pondeljak is present in two countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Josip Pondeljak, Tomislav Pondeljak, Renata Pondeljak, Darko Pondeljak, Mira Pondeljak, Darinka Pondeljak, Mirjana Pondeljak, Zlatko Pondeljak, Damir Pondeljak, Liljana Pondeljak, Ganja Pondeljak, Martina Pondeljak, Franjo Pondeljak, Branko Pondeljak, Davor Pondeljak, Vlado Pondeljak, Katica Pondeljak, Dražen Pondeljak, Nevenka Pondeljak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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