Surname Antak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Antak families are generally Croats (from Crikvenica ), very rarely Slovenes (also from Crikvenica ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Crikvenica.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Antak live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in three Croatian cities only: in Dramalj (<10), Rijeka (<10), and in Kraljevica (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Antak (including: Hantak , Antache , Hanták , Hantack and Antachew ) is present in 14 countries worldwide. The family name "Antak " is used by some 60 people in Indonesia and small number in the United States. "Hantak " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 300 in Slovakia , and some 100 people in Austria. "Hantack " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Željka Antak, Miljenko Antak, Marijan Antak, Zorka Antak, Milorad Antak, Marija Antak, Lovro Antak, Petra Antak, Sanela Antak, Lidia Antak, Stanka Antak, Ana Antak, Ljubomir Antak, Josip Antak, Biserka Antak, Sara Antak, Luana Antak, Nikol Antak, Pavao Antak

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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