Surname Bošćak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bošćak families are Croats (from Novi Marof area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and in Novi Marof area.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Bošćak live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are only located in two Croatian cities and 5 other places, mostly in Djurinovec in Novi Marof area (<10), Aljmas in Vinkovci area (<5), Krizevci (<5), and in Nedelisce (<5) and Puscine (<5) in Cakovec area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Bošćak (including: Boscak , Boschnak ) is present in four countries on two continents. The family name "Boscak " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Stjepan Bošćak, Marko Bošćak, Vladimir Bošćak, Božidar Bošćak, Marija Bošćak, Katarina Bošćak, Josip Bošćak, Barica Bošćak, Dragica Bošćak, Đuro Bošćak, Ivan Bošćak, Ljudevit Bošćak, Štefica Bošćak, Slavica Bošćak, Mara Bošćak, Gabro Bošćak, Borna Bošćak, Tin Bošćak, Sabina Bošćak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

Do you know more?

If you want to preserve a family story or memory of a person with this surname:

Preserve memories