Surname Želježnjak in modern Croatia

Želježnjak families are Croats and they are mostly from Ozalj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and in Ozalj area. In Veselići in Ozalj area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Želježnjak.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Želježnjak live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Karlovac (20), Bartolovec in Varazdin area (<10), Samobor (<10), and in Brihovo (<10) and Grice (<10) in Ozalj area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Želježnjak is present in this form only in Croatia.

Characteristic first names

Vesna Želježnjak, Ivanka Želježnjak, Željko Želježnjak, Kristina Želježnjak, Maja Želježnjak, Danijel Želježnjak, Darka Želježnjak, Josip Želježnjak, Ljiljana Želježnjak, Alen Želježnjak, Ivan Želježnjak, Antun Želježnjak, Milica Želježnjak, Blaženka Želježnjak, Snežana Želježnjak, Katarina Želježnjak, Mirko Želježnjak, Slavko Želježnjak, Ana Želježnjak

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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