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Surname Češnjaj in modern Croatia
Češnjaj families are Croats and they are mostly from Lepoglava area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Koprivnica and in Lepoglava area. In Šinkovica Bednjanska in Lepoglava area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Češnjaj.
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Prevalence
About 100 people with faimily name Češnjaj live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Koprivnica (35), Varazdin (15), Sinkovica Bednjanska in Lepoglava area (15), Nedelisce in Cakovec area (<10), and in Starigrad (<10).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Češnjaj is present in this form only in Croatia.
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Characteristic first names
Izidor Češnjaj,
Damir Češnjaj,
Dalibor Češnjaj,
Neven Češnjaj,
Renato Češnjaj,
Danica Češnjaj,
Željka Češnjaj,
Branko Češnjaj,
Dijana Češnjaj,
Nataša Češnjaj,
Nino Češnjaj,
Miljenko Češnjaj,
Franjo Češnjaj,
Ivanka Češnjaj,
Danijel Češnjaj,
Zvonko Češnjaj,
Ljiljana Češnjaj,
Dražen Češnjaj,
Željko Češnjaj