Črnjak Surname

1,589,322nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 128 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Črnjak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Črnjak Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia1271:33,2966,828
Iceland11:380,09011,096

The alternate forms: Crnjak (1,245) are calculated separately.

Črnjak Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Črnjak Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Črnjak occurs in Croatia more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant: Crnjak. For other potential spellings of Črnjak click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Črnjak? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,589,322nd most prevalent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 56,933,952 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Črnjak reside; 99 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

The surname is most frequent in Croatia, where it is carried by 127 people, or 1 in 33,296. In Croatia Črnjak is primarily concentrated in: Zagreb County, where 46 percent live, City of Zagreb, where 21 percent live and Varaždin County, where 10 percent live. Barring Croatia Črnjak exists in one country. It also occurs in Iceland, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Crnjak941,245/
Čornjak9213/
Krnjak83634/
Grnjak83135/
Črnjač832/
Gornjak77153/
Kernjak77123/
Gronjak7737/
Kurnjak7735/
Granjak7725/
Krinjak7716/
Kronjak7710/
Črnjeka776/
Kornjak776/
Karnjak776/
Kranjak773/
Gurnjak771/
Crnjack771/
Korenjak71823/
Gorenjak71342/
Krnjački7117/
Kranjack7114/
Korunjak7112/
Krnjacki716/
Kerenjak711/
Greenjak711/
Crnjac671,371/
Crnojački67194/
Greenjack6765/
Krnjac6744/
Guranjaku6728/
Crnojacki6716/
Crnjač671/
Krnjač671/
Krajnyjak671/
Tzrniak6294/
Czrnhak627/
Czrniak623/
Chrnyak621/
Tsrnyak621/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Črnjak
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