Surname Černjak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Černjak families are generally Croats (from Pula area ), very rarely Bosniaks (from Labin ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Vrbovec area.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Černjak live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Mostari in Vrbovec area (<10), Zagreb (<10), Labin (<10), Liznjan in Pula area (<10), and in Lipik (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Černjak (including: Chernyak , Cherniak , Cerniak , Csernyak , Cernjak , Cherniack , Chernyakh and Tscherniak ) is present in 41 countries worldwide. "Cherniak " is used by some 600 people in Ukraine , about 300 in the United States , and some 300 people in Canada. "Cherniack " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Marijan Černjak, Hasnija Černjak, Jelena Černjak, Zlatko Černjak, Slavica Černjak, Mirko Černjak, Miško Černjak, Snježana Černjak, Marijana Černjak, Enes Černjak, Nikola Černjak, Slavka Černjak, Ivo Černjak, Slava Černjak, Fumica Černjak, Margita Černjak, Matija Černjak, Štefanija Černjak, Ana Černjak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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