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Bošnjak (surname)

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Meaning
  
Bosnian, Bosniak

Language(s) of origin
  
Croatian, Serbian

Region of origin
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Related names
  
Bosanac Bošnjaković

Bošnjak is a common South Slavic surname. Etymologically, it is an archaic local demonym denoting people from the region of Bosnia as equivalent to the present-day English term "Bosnian". A closely related surname is Bošnjaković, which is a patronymic derivative of Bošnjak. The surname Bošnjak is carried by 6,731 people in Croatia (2011 census), and as such ranks 28th by frequency. In Serbia the surname is carried by 2,042 people. , and as such ranks 496th by frequency.

It may refer to:

  • Branko Bošnjak (1923–1996), Croatian philosopher
  • Domagoj Bošnjak (born 1995), Croatian Basketball player
  • Ivan Bošnjak (born 1979), Croatian footballer
  • Jim Bosnjak, Croatian-Australian businessman and chairman of Westbus, Australia's largest privately owned bus operator
  • Michael Bošnjak (born 1971), Croatian-German University Professor and Team Leader at GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences in Mannheim (Germany)
  • Petar Bošnjak (born 1974), Croatian footballer
  • Spomenko Bošnjak (born 1973), Bosnian Croat footballer
  • Saša Bošnjak (born 1961), Serbian University Professor in Novi Sad

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