Surname Vinceljak in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Vinceljak live in Croatia today, in 17 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are only located in two Croatian cities and 11 other places, mostly in Mihaljekov Jarek (15), Bregi Radobojski in Krapina area (10), Gornji Prnjarovec in Ivanic-Grad area (<10), Zagreb (<5), and in Kriz in Ivanic-Grad area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Vinceljak is present in this form only in Croatia.

Characteristic first names

Goran Vinceljak, Zdenko Vinceljak, Silvija Vinceljak, Krešo Vinceljak, Mario Vinceljak, Željko Vinceljak, Ivanka Vinceljak, Zrinka Vinceljak, Vladimir Vinceljak, Stjepan Vinceljak, Izidora Vinceljak, Željka Vinceljak, Franjo Vinceljak, Emilija Vinceljak, Viktor Vinceljak, Ivan Vinceljak, Ankica Vinceljak, Višnja Vinceljak, Milica Vinceljak

Mentions in sources

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

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