In Croatia, Praznik families are predominantly Croats (from Djurdjevac area ), rarely Slovenes (from Bosnian Posavina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djurdjevac area and in Pula.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Praznik live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are only located in threee Croatian cities and threee other places, mostly in Pula (<5), Mali Losinj on the Island of Losinj (<5), Zagreb (<5), Stinjan (<5), and in Cestica in Ivanec area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Praznik is present in 14 countries worldwide. The family name "Praznik " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 90 in Canada , and some 60 people in Ukraine.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.
