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Surname Banak in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Banak families are almost entirely Croats (from Virovitica area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Virovitica area and in Djurdjevac area. In Vukosavljevica in Virovitica area every sixtieth inhabitant had the family name Banak.
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Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Banak live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and threee other places, mostly in Spisic Bukovica in Virovitica area (10), Zagreb (<10), Labin (<5), Vukosavljevica in Virovitica area (<5), and in Cakovec (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Banak (including: Banach , Banack , Banakh , Banac , Bhanak , Bannak , Bannack , Bahnak and Banaci ) is present in 54 countries worldwide. "Banack " is used by some 1000 people in Cameroon , about 300 in Canada , and some 200 people in the United States. "Bannak " is used by some 70 people in Brazil and small number in the United States. "Bahnak " is used by small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Velimir Banak,
Branko Banak,
Antun Banak,
Nenad Banak,
Bernad Banak,
Mirko Banak,
Jadranka Banak,
Andrej Banak,
Darja Banak,
Ivana Banak,
Ivan Banak,
Franjo Banak,
Stjepan Banak,
Marija Banak,
Siniša Banak,
Aleksandra Banak,
Mato Banak,
Jelka Banak,
Ivka Banak
