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Surname Zeljak in modern Croatia
Zeljak families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Novi Marof , less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Novi Marof and Zagreb. In Nos Kalik in Drnis every third inhabitant had the family name Zeljak.
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Prevalence
About 180 people with faimily name Zeljak live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 240 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 20 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Zagreb (50), Donje Makojisce (25), Sibenik (25), Novi Marof (10), and in Sveti Ilija in Varazdin area (<10).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Zeljak (including: Zelyak , Zhelyak and Zelyakh ) is present in 15 countries on four continents. The family name "Zeljak " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Czech Republic , and small number of people in Australia.
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Characteristic first names
Branko Zeljak,
Nenad Zeljak,
Anđelko Zeljak,
Jasmina Zeljak,
Miroslav Zeljak,
Danijel Zeljak,
Gojko Zeljak,
Dubravko Zeljak,
Allen Zeljak,
Petar Zeljak,
Ivan Zeljak,
Đuro Zeljak,
Predrag Zeljak,
Franjo Zeljak,
Goran Zeljak,
Zdravko Zeljak,
Jelena Zeljak,
Mirjana Zeljak,
Bernarda Zeljak
