Surname Belak in modern Croatia

Belak families are Croats and they are mostly from Sibenik. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and Samobor. In Vrsno in Sibenik every sixth inhabitant had the family name Belak.

Prevalence

About 350 people with faimily name Belak live in Croatia today, in 160 households. There were 410 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 29 cities and 30 other places, mostly in Sibenik (50), Zagreb (45), Split (35), Samobor (20), and in Vrsno (15).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (3) and Germany (2).
Family name Belak (including: Bellak , Bellack , Belac , Belakh , Belack , Belhak , Belach , Bhelak and Belaq ) is present in 57 countries worldwide. "Belack " is used by some 100 people in the United States and about 90 in Cameroon. "Bellak " is used by some 300 people in Hungary , about 300 in the United States , and small number of people in Sweden. "Bellack " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 200 in Germany , and small number of people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Vinko Belak, Stipe Belak, Boris Belak, Zlata Belak, Kornelija Belak, Mirko Belak, Mato Belak, Zoran Belak, Gordana Belak, Zlatko Belak, Željka Belak, Ankica Belak, Silvana Belak, Alan Belak, Mladen Belak, Nenad Belak, Anita Belak, Nikica Belak, Snježana Belak

Mentions in sources

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

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