Surname Volenik in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Volenik live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are only located in in 7 Croatian cities and 7 other places, mostly in Virovitica (55), Dolci (10), Zagreb (<10), Daruvar (<5), and in Vucjak Fericanacki in Orahovica area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Volenik (including: Voleník , Volenick and Wolenik ) is present in 11 countries on two continents. The family name "Volenik " is used by some 70 people in the United States. "Volenick " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Voleník " is used by some 80 people in Czech Republic , small number in Sweden , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Stanislav Volenik, Mirna Volenik, Ema Volenik, Lara Volenik, Goran Volenik, Željko Volenik, Marijan Volenik, Silvija Volenik, Mihaela Volenik, Jan Volenik, Dragutin Volenik, Branko Volenik, Bruno Volenik, Elizabeta Volenik, Bernardica Volenik, Zdravko Volenik, Ivan Volenik, Snježana Volenik, Danijel Volenik

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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