Surname Šćrbak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šćrbak families are generally Croats (from Sisak area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sisak area and in Sisak.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Šćrbak live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located and four other Croatian places, mostly in Desno Trebarjevo in Sisak area (10), Osijek (<5), Petrinja (<5), Lijevo Trebarjevo in Sisak area (<5), and in Rijeka (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šćrbak (including: Scherbak , Scerbak , Shcherbak , Scherbach , Scrbak , Scherback , Scerbac , Scerback , Schirbak and Shcherback ) is present in 36 countries worldwide. "Scerbak " is used by some 700 people in Slovakia , about 200 in the United States , and some 60 people in Czech Republic. "Scherback " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Scerback " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Miroslav Šćrbak, Kristina Šćrbak, Đuro Šćrbak, Slaven Šćrbak, Aleksandra Šćrbak, Mirko Šćrbak, Ivan Šćrbak, Draga Šćrbak, Marija Šćrbak, Martin Šćrbak, Anđelko Šćrbak, Vlasta Šćrbak, Stjepan Šćrbak, Biserka Šćrbak, Katica Šćrbak, Tomo Šćrbak, Janica Šćrbak, Milka Šćrbak, Nikola Šćrbak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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