Surname Puzjak in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Puzjak live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), in Donja Bistra (15) and Gornja Bistra (<10) in Oroslavje area, Josipovo in Slatina area (<10), and in Novaki Bistranski in Oroslavje area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Puzjak (including: Puziak , Puzyak ) is present in 14 countries on four continents.

Characteristic first names

Nikola Puzjak, Zlatko Puzjak, Darko Puzjak, Željko Puzjak, Goran Puzjak, Marijan Puzjak, Mirjana Puzjak, Ivanka Puzjak, Ivan Puzjak, Katarina Puzjak, Marija Puzjak, Đuro Puzjak, Dragutin Puzjak, Brankica Puzjak, Jadranka Puzjak, Sandra Puzjak, Jelena Puzjak, Božica Puzjak, Amela Puzjak

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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