Surname Črnjak in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Črnjak live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Velika Gorica (20), Bolc in Cazma area (<10), Gacice (<10), and in Mostari in Vrbovec area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (1), Germany (1), and to Austria (1).
Family name Črnjak (including: Crnjak , Chernyak , Cherniak , Crnjac , Cerniak , Cherniack , Cernjak , Tscherniak , Chrnyak and Crnjack ) is present in 46 countries worldwide. The family name "Crnjak " is used by some 200 people in Germany , about 80 in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Crnjack " is used by few people in the United States. "Cherniak " is used by some 600 people in Ukraine , about 300 in the United States , and some 300 people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Stjepan Črnjak, Željko Črnjak, Mladen Črnjak, Đuro Črnjak, Tamara Črnjak, Marina Črnjak, Ljiljana Črnjak, Ivan Črnjak, Dijana Črnjak, Silvija Črnjak, Miljenko Črnjak, Valentino Črnjak, Vedran Črnjak, Marijan Črnjak, Anita Črnjak, Mario Črnjak, Ivo Črnjak, Hrvoje Črnjak, Gordana Črnjak

Mentions in sources

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

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