Surname Požnjak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Požnjak families are almost entirely Croats (from Zapresic area ), barely Macedonians (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Osijek. In Stari Zdenkovac in Pleternica area every fiftieth inhabitant had the family name Požnjak.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Požnjak live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Osijek (<10), in Jakovlje (<10) and Kraljev Vrh (<5) in Zapresic area, and in Ceminac in Beli Manastir area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Požnjak (including: Pozniak , Poznyak and Poznjak ) is present in 45 countries worldwide. "Pozniak " is used by some 9000 people in Poland , about 2000 in the United States , and some 700 people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Žarko Požnjak, Snježana Požnjak, Damir Požnjak, Bruno Požnjak, Branko Požnjak, Željko Požnjak, Marko Požnjak, Ivan Požnjak, Vladimir Požnjak, Boris Požnjak, Željka Požnjak, Đuro Požnjak, Milan Požnjak, Dalibor Požnjak, Sabina Požnjak, Maja Požnjak, Krešimir Požnjak, Zvonimir Požnjak, Dragica Požnjak

Mentions in sources

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

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