Surname Zemljak in modern Croatia

Zemljak families are Croats and they are mostly from Valpova. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 160 people with faimily name Zemljak live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 190 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 18 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Podevcevo (25), Valpovo (20), Osijek (10), and in Turcin in Varazdin area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Zemljak (including: Zemlyak , Zemliak ) is present in 23 countries worldwide. The family name "Zemljak " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Botswana , and small number of people in Germany. "Zemlyak " is used by some 500 people in Ukraine , about 300 in Russian Federation , and some 70 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Miroslav Zemljak, Davor Zemljak, Đuro Zemljak, Suzana Zemljak, Ivana Zemljak, Franjo Zemljak, Dinko Zemljak, Tomislav Zemljak, Manuela Zemljak, Davorko Zemljak, Jelena Zemljak, Ksenija Zemljak, Nedeljko Zemljak, Julija Zemljak, Nenad Zemljak, Martina Zemljak, Damir Zemljak, Danijel Zemljak, Mario Zemljak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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