Surname Čirjak in modern Croatia

Čirjak families are Croats and they are mostly from Benkovac. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Benkovac and Zadar. In Popovići in Benkovac every seventh inhabitant had the family name Čirjak.

Prevalence

About 780 people with faimily name Čirjak live in Croatia today, in 270 households. There were 380 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 25 cities and 33 other places, mostly in Zadar (190), Popovici (85), Vrana in Biograd na moru area (75), Zagreb (70), and in Biograd na moru (70).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čirjak (including: Cirjak , Czirják , Ciryak , Chiryak , Ciriak , Czirjak , Cziryak and Ciriack ) is present in 22 countries on four continents. The family name "Cirjak " is used by some 100 people in France , about 100 in Australia , and some 90 people in the United States. "Ciryak " is used by some 60 people in the United States. "Ciriack " is used by small number of people in Germany and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nenad Čirjak, Hrvoje Čirjak, Vice Čirjak, Željko Čirjak, Mile Čirjak, Marinko Čirjak, Goran Čirjak, Zdravko Čirjak, Ivica Čirjak, Nedjeljko Čirjak, Neven Čirjak, Slavko Čirjak, Igor Čirjak, Lara Čirjak, Josipa Čirjak, Nikola Čirjak, Ante Čirjak, Boris Čirjak, Radmila Čirjak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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