Surname Čakmak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Čakmak families are mainly Croats (from Virovitica area ), less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Virovitica and Grubisno Polje.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Čakmak live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Lukac in Virovitica area (<10), Zagreb (<10), Rijeka (<10), Grubisno Polje (<10), and in Osijek (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čakmak (including: Chakmak , Cakmak and Chakmach ) is present in 19 countries on four continents. The family name "Cakmak " is used by some 10000 people in Turkey , about 900 in Germany , and some 200 people in the United States. "Chakmak " is used by some 100 people in Russian Federation , about 90 in Turkey , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Damjan Čakmak, Saša Čakmak, Domagoj Čakmak, Mario Čakmak, Marija Čakmak, Rade Čakmak, Stevo Čakmak, Vera Čakmak, Đurđica Čakmak, Dario Čakmak, Mirjana Čakmak, Smilja Čakmak, Zlatko Čakmak, Ljiljana Čakmak, Jagor Čakmak, Petar Čakmak, Ksenija Čakmak, Ana Čakmak, Sava Čakmak

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