Surname Povoljnjak in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Povoljnjak live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties and 11 other places, mostly in Kravarsko in Velika Gorica area (35), Zagreb (15), Velika Gorica (15), Petrinja (10), and in Jagodnjak in Beli Manastir area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Povoljnjak is present in this form only in Croatia.

Characteristic first names

Engelbert Povoljnjak, Božidar Povoljnjak, Tanja Povoljnjak, Snježana Povoljnjak, Sanja Povoljnjak, Jurica Povoljnjak, Manuel Povoljnjak, Mirela Povoljnjak, Neven Povoljnjak, Vladimir Povoljnjak, Ana Povoljnjak, Josip Povoljnjak, Stjepan Povoljnjak, Ivanka Povoljnjak, Mirica Povoljnjak, Martina Povoljnjak, Miroslav Povoljnjak, Robert Povoljnjak, Mladen Povoljnjak

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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