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Surname Šestak in modern Croatia
Šestak families are Croats and they are mostly from Glina area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Koprivnica. In Šestak Brdo in Glina area nearly every inhabitant had the family name Šestak.
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Prevalence
About 1000 people with faimily name Šestak live in Croatia today, in 410 households. There were 1200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 42 cities and 112 other places, mostly in Zagreb (120), Varazdin (75), Koprivnica (75), Sestak Brdo in Glina area (60), and in Gola in Djurdjevac area (50).
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Outside Croatia
At least 11 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Switzerland (4), Australia (3), Canada (1), Sweden (1), the United States (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Šestak (including: Sestak , Shestak , Sesztak , Schestak , Sestac , Shestack , Schwestak , Szestak , Sestack and Shesstak ) is present in 29 countries worldwide. The family name "Sestak " is used by some 700 people in the United States , about 200 in Czech Republic , and small number of people in Germany. "Shestack " is used by some 100 people in the United States. "Sestack " is used by small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Mladen Šestak,
Zdravko Šestak,
Jelena Šestak,
Zlatko Šestak,
Damir Šestak,
Renata Šestak,
Branko Šestak,
Ilona Šestak,
Tihomir Šestak,
Ivana Šestak,
Smiljana Šestak,
Darko Šestak,
Nevenka Šestak,
Miroslav Šestak,
Hrvoje Šestak,
Stjepan Šestak,
Ana Šestak,
Ivica Šestak,
Marko Šestak
