Bošnjak (surname)

Bošnjak

Origin
Language(s)	Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
Meaning	Bosniak
Region of origin	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Other names
Variant form(s)	Bosanac Bošnjaković

Bošnjak (Serbian Cyrillic: Бошњак) is a common surname in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia. 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 according to the 2011 census,[1] and as such ranks 28th by frequency. It is one of the most common surnames in three counties of Croatia.[2] In Serbia the surname is carried by 2,042 people,[3] and as such ranks 496th by frequency.

It may refer to:

• Armin Bošnjak (born 1994), Montenegrin footballer
• Branka Bošnjak (born 1956), Serbian architect and politician
• Branko Bošnjak (1923–1996), Croatian philosopher
• Branko Bošnjak (born 1955), Yugoslav footballer
• Bruno Bošnjak (born 1983), Croatian snowboarder
• Domagoj Bošnjak (born 1995), Croatian Basketball player
• Dragan Bošnjak (1956–2019), Serbian footballer
• Dražen Bošnjak, American composer
• Ernest Bošnjak (1876–1963), Yugoslavian cameraman, film director and printer
• Ivan Bošnjak (born 1974), Serbian politician
• Ivan Bošnjak (born 1979), Croatian footballer
• Ivan Bošnjak (born 1982), Serbian basketball player
• Jim Bosnjak, Croatian-Australian businessman and chairman of Westbus, Australia's largest privately owned bus operator
• Marko Bošnjak (born 2004), Bosnian-Herzegovinian pop singer
• Matea Bošnjak (born 1997), Croatian footballer
• Petar Bošnjak (born 1974), Croatian footballer
• Predrag Bošnjak (born 1985), Hungarian footballer of Serbian descent
• Spomenko Bošnjak (born 1973), Bosnian Croat footballer
• Strahinja Bošnjak (born 1999), Serbian footballer

See also

• All pages with titles containing Bosnjak
• Boshnak, surname
• Bošnjaković, surname
• Bosanac (surname)

References

1. "Names and surnames in Republic of Croatia". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012. Retrieved 2013-09-08.
2. "Most frequent surnames, 2011 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
3. "Bosnjak surname in Serbia". Retrieved 2015-01-17.