Surname Vanjak in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 160 people with faimily name Vanjak live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Sukosan in Zadar area (65), Zadar (30), Islam Grcki (20), Zagreb (15), and in Rupalj in Zadar area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Vanjak (including: Wagnac , Vaniak , Vagnak , Wagnak , Vanjack and Vanyak ) is present in 12 countries worldwide. The family name "Vanjak " is used by small number of people in France and small number in the United States. "Vanjack " is used by few people in the United States. "Wagnac " is used by some 900 people in Haiti , about 200 in the United States , and small number of people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Vanjak, Ivanka Vanjak, Zvonimir Vanjak, Valerija Vanjak, Gordana Vanjak, Vladimir Vanjak, Marin Vanjak, Mirela Vanjak, Martina Vanjak, Danko Vanjak, Branka Vanjak, Andrija Vanjak, Mladen Vanjak, Nela Vanjak, Vedran Vanjak, Ivan Vanjak, Radoslav Vanjak, Tonći Vanjak, Biserka Vanjak

Mentions in sources

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

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