Surname Savnik in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Savnik families are Croats (from Oroslavje area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cazma area and in Oroslavje area.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Savnik live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, two cities and 6 other places, mostly in Donja Bistra in Oroslavje area (10), Zagreb (<10), Banova Jaruga (<5), Moslavacka Slatina in Kutina area (<5), and in Sesvete (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Savnik (including: Sawnick , Shawnik and Sawnik ) is present in 14 countries on four continents. The family name "Savnik " is used by some 200 people in Germany , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in Switzerland. "Sawnick " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Shawnik " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Saša Savnik, Lidija Savnik, Ivica Savnik, Daniel Savnik, Stanislav Savnik, Nenad Savnik, Vladimir Savnik, Ivan Savnik, Zlatko Savnik, Katarina Savnik, Ines Savnik, Zdenko Savnik, Luka Savnik, Franc Savnik, Iztok Savnik, Margeta Savnik, Roman Savnik, Viktor Savnik, Vinko Savnik

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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