Surname Želežnjak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Želežnjak families are Croats (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 40 people with faimily name Želežnjak live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and 6 other places, mostly in Cakovec (15), Mihovljan (<10), Nedelisce in Cakovec area (<10), Varazdin (<5), and in Gornji Kucan (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Želežnjak (including: Zheleznyak , Zeleznjak , Zelezniak and Zeleznyak ) is present in 32 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

Josip Želežnjak, Karl Želežnjak, Nevenka Želežnjak, Igor Želežnjak, Tihomir Želežnjak, Slavko Želežnjak, Vladimir Želežnjak, Goran Želežnjak, Maja Želežnjak, Renata Želežnjak, Saša Želežnjak, Melita Želežnjak, Nikolina Želežnjak, Franjo Želežnjak, Vera Želežnjak, Željko Želežnjak, Barbara Želežnjak, Stjepan Želežnjak, Margareta Želežnjak

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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