In Croatia, Staničak families are Croats (from Jastrebarsko ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Jastrebarsko.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Staničak live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in only one small Croatian place, in Ceglje (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Staničak (including: Stanicak , Stanichak ) is present in five countries on two continents. The family name "Stanicak " is used by small number of people in Canada and small number in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1927 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.