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Surname Zelenika in modern Croatia
Zelenika families are usually Croats and they are mostly from north Herzegovina. According to some sources they are from Gornjo Gradac near Siroki Brijeg (Bosnia), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Mostar area) and in Herzegovina (Siroki Brijeg area). In Gornji Gradac in North Herzegovina every fifth inhabitant had the family name Zelenika.
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Prevalence
About 550 people with faimily name Zelenika live in Croatia today, in 210 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 36 cities and 39 other places, mostly in Zagreb (265), Pozega (55), Rijeka (25), Split (20), and in Ilok (20).
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Outside Croatia
At least 12 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (8), the United States (3), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Zelenika is present in 17 countries worldwide. The family name "Zelenika " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Canada.
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Characteristic first names
Zvonimir Zelenika,
Anđelko Zelenika,
Zlatko Zelenika,
Slaven Zelenika,
Darko Zelenika,
Mirjana Zelenika,
Mladen Zelenika,
Ratko Zelenika,
Marijo Zelenika,
Gordan Zelenika,
Željko Zelenika,
Alen Zelenika,
Mirela Zelenika,
Goran Zelenika,
Ivan Zelenika,
Dinko Zelenika,
Eleonora Zelenika,
Valentina Zelenika,
Žanet Zelenika
