Surname Borak in modern Croatia

Borak families are often Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec area , less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanec area and in Varazdin. In Gošić in Knin area every second inhabitant had the family name Borak.

Prevalence

About 360 people with faimily name Borak live in Croatia today, in 160 households. There were 370 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 36 other places, mostly in Cestica in Ivanec area (70), Varazdin (30), Zagreb (15), Zadar (15), and in Sibenik (15).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Switzerland (1), the United States (1), the United Kingdom (1), Canada (1), Australia (1), and to Austria (1).
Family name Borak (including: Borachok , Borack , Borac , Borachuk , Borrack , Borakh , Boraq , Boorack and Bhorak ) is present in 50 countries worldwide. The family name "Borak " is used by some 2000 people in Turkey , about 2000 in the United States , and some 1000 people in Poland. "Borack " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Germany. "Borrack " is used by some 70 people in the United States , small number in Australia , and small number of people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Josip Borak, Draženka Borak, Ivan Borak, Zoran Borak, Gabriel Borak, Ljerka Borak, Davor Borak, Dušan Borak, Slavica Borak, Vesna Borak, Dario Borak, Marina Borak, Stjepan Borak, Branko Borak, Nenad Borak, Mladen Borak, Damir Borak, Ana Borak, Andrej Borak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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