In Croatia, Vedernjak families are Croats (from Mursko Sredisce area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Mursko Sredisce area.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Vedernjak live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are only located in in 7 Croatian cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Belisce (<10), Kapelscak in Mursko Sredisce area (<10), Dugo Selo (<5), and in Pula (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Vedernjak is present in five countries on two continents.
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.