Surname Alač in modern Croatia

Alač families are Croats and they are mostly from Makarska area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Makarska area and in Split. In Drašnice in Makarska area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Alač.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Alač live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Split (25), Drasnice in Makarska area (25), Rijeka (15), Makarska (10), and in Drvenik in Ploce area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Alač (including: Alac , Alach , Alache , Alack , Alachi , Alacs , Alacha , Alacci , Alachly and Alaci ) is present in 60 countries worldwide. "Alack " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Mauritania. "Alacha " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Alacci " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mirjana Alač, Mladen Alač, August Alač, Vesna Alač, Ani Alač, Damir Alač, Tanja Alač, Dino Alač, Duje Alač, Sanja Alač, Goran Alač, Nikša Alač, Ines Alač, Željko Alač, Vicenco Alač, Ante Alač, Grgo Alač, Eduard Alač, Jakov Alač

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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