Surname Žitnjak in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 210 people with faimily name Žitnjak live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 20 other places, mostly in Varazdin (35), Zagreb (20), Bjelovar (15), Spickovina (15), and in Novska (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Žitnjak (including: Zitnjak , Zhitnyak , Zitniak and Zhytnyak ) is present in 10 countries on two continents. The family name "Zitnjak " is used by few people in the United States. "Zitniak " is used by small number of people in Slovakia and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Žitnjak, Boris Žitnjak, Dunja Žitnjak, Nikolina Žitnjak, Damir Žitnjak, Milena Žitnjak, Mladen Žitnjak, Zoran Žitnjak, Margareta Žitnjak, Nino Žitnjak, Dejan Žitnjak, Tomislav Žitnjak, Vesna Žitnjak, Sanjica Žitnjak, Dubravko Žitnjak, Manuela Žitnjak, Krunoslav Žitnjak, Kristijan Žitnjak, Stjepan Žitnjak

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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