Surname Đurak in modern Croatia

Đurak families are Croats and they are mostly from Sisak area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Varazdin. In Banje Selo in Sveti Ivan Zelina every seventh inhabitant had the family name Đurak.

Prevalence

About 210 people with faimily name Đurak live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 230 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 25 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Varazdin (25), Mahovo in Sisak area (15), Bisag in Novi Marof area (15), and in Donji Dragonozec (10).

Outside Croatia

At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (6), the United States (1), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Đurak (including: Durak , Durac , Durack , Gjurak , Durach , Djurak , Duracz , Dhurak , Durák and Gyurak ) is present in 66 countries worldwide. "Durack " is used by some 300 people in Australia , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Canada. "Duracz " is used by some 200 people in Poland and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Hrvoje Đurak, Goran Đurak, Mladen Đurak, Tomislav Đurak, Zlatko Đurak, Ankica Đurak, Ana Đurak, Zdravko Đurak, Danijela Đurak, Daniela Đurak, Ivan Đurak, Mario Đurak, Miroslav Đurak, Branka Đurak, Vlatka Đurak, Dragica Đurak, Alenka Đurak, Gordana Đurak, Dejan Đurak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1679 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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