Surname Barac in modern Croatia

Barac families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Vinodolski area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 370 people with faimily name Barac live in Croatia today, in 170 households. There were 450 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 22 cities and 24 other places, mostly in Zagreb (60), Rijeka (55), Crikvenica (45), Grizane-Belgrad in Novi Vinodolski area (40), and in Karlovac (30).

Outside Croatia

Family name Barac (including: Baraz , Baratz , Baracchi , Barach , Baracz , Bharac , Barrach , Barrac and Baracci ) is present in 71 countries worldwide. "Baraz " is used by some 2000 people in Turkey , about 2000 in Iran , and some 300 people in Israel , some 300 people in the United States. "Baratz " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 400 in Brazil , and some 300 people in Israel. "Baracz " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 70 in Poland , and small number of people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Zoran Barac, Andrea Barac, Nenad Barac, Renata Barac, Boško Barac, Ivica Barac, Vidoslav Barac, Darko Barac, Sunčica Barac, Milorad Barac, Zdravka Barac, Branko Barac, Jadranka Barac, Igor Barac, Domagoj Barac, Jasmina Barac, Miodrag Barac, Dragutin Barac, Mladen Barac

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over seventy times, the first time 1786 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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