Surname Rnjak in modern Croatia

Rnjak families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Knin area , but often Croats (from Zadar). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Benkovac and Zadar. In Buković in Benkovac every seventh inhabitant had the family name Rnjak.

Prevalence

About 200 people with faimily name Rnjak live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 270 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Bukovic (40), Zadar (20), Benkovac (15), Split (15), and in Pula (10).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and Norway (1).
Family name Rnjak (including: Hrnjak , Hrnyak , Hernjak , Ernjak , Hernyak , Rnyak and Rniak ) is present in 20 countries on four continents. The family name "Rnjak " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Australia , and small number of people in Canada. "Rnyak " is used by few people in the United States. "Rniak " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Borka Rnjak, Ante Rnjak, Anica Rnjak, Siniša Rnjak, Vedran Rnjak, Dušan Rnjak, Ančica Rnjak, Ivanka Rnjak, Ljubomir Rnjak, Mladen Rnjak, Čedomir Rnjak, Svetlana Rnjak, Dubravka Rnjak, Žarko Rnjak, Lorena Rnjak, Đurđica Rnjak, Dragan Rnjak, Nikola Rnjak, Sonja Rnjak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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