Surname Barak in modern Croatia

Barak families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Opatija area , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and in Opatija area. In Zelin Mrzlovodički in Delnice area every second inhabitant had the family name Barak.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Barak live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Klana in Opatija area (35), Rijeka (25), Karlovac (<10), Opatija (<10), and in Mirkovci (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (3), the United States (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Barak (including: Barac , Barrak , Barack , Barrack , Barakh , Bahrak , Baraq , Bharak and Barhak ) is present in 110 countries worldwide. "Bharak " is used by few people in the United States. "Barhak " is used by small number of people in Israel and small number in the United States. "Barrack " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 900 in Kenya , and some 400 people in Burundi.

Characteristic first names

Andrija Barak, Sonja Barak, Tanja Barak, Helena Barak, Vesna Barak, Kristian Barak, Zoran Barak, Igor Barak, Marina Barak, Goran Barak, Ivica Barak, Blaženka Barak, Serđo Barak, Franjo Barak, Mario Barak, Herman Barak, Ljiljana Barak, Marijana Barak, Elvis Barak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over fifty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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