Surname Preložnjak in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Preložnjak live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Nedelisce in Cakovec area (35), Cakovec (15), Crecan in Cakovec area (15), Zagreb (<10), and in Varazdin (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Preložnjak (including: Preloznjak , Prelozniak ) is present in four countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Radovan Preložnjak, Erika Preložnjak, Miljenko Preložnjak, Kristijan Preložnjak, Tomislav Preložnjak, Vesna Preložnjak, Vladimir Preložnjak, Snježana Preložnjak, Manuel Preložnjak, Aleksandar Preložnjak, Nada Preložnjak, Ivica Preložnjak, Renata Preložnjak, Saša Preložnjak, Ninoslav Preložnjak, Nikola Preložnjak, Željko Preložnjak, Štefica Preložnjak, Karolina Preložnjak

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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