Surname Železnjak in modern Croatia

Železnjak families are Croats and they are mostly from Cakovec. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and in Cakovec area.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Železnjak live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties and 10 other places, mostly in Cakovec (40), and in Nedelisce (15), Orehovica (<10), Vularija (<10) and Gardinovec (<5) in Cakovec area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Železnjak (including: Zheleznyak , Zeleznjak , Zelezniak , Zhelezniak and Zeleznyak ) is present in 34 countries worldwide. "Zelezniak " is used by some 100 people in South Africa , about 80 in the United States , and some 50 people in Israel.

Characteristic first names

Ljubica Železnjak, Zlatko Železnjak, Jasna Železnjak, Vesna Železnjak, Željka Železnjak, Božo Železnjak, Stjepan Železnjak, Dražen Železnjak, Danijel Železnjak, Alen Železnjak, Dragica Železnjak, Božica Železnjak, Vlatka Železnjak, Radovan Železnjak, Danko Železnjak, Robert Železnjak, Ronald Železnjak, Antonija Železnjak, Dejan Železnjak

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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