Surname Boršćak in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Boršćak live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Beretinec in Varazdin area (15), Zagreb (10), Cresnjevo in Varazdin area (10), Koprivnica (<10), and in Novska (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Boršćak (including: Borscak , Borschak and Borshchak ) is present in 12 countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Ranko Boršćak, Melita Boršćak, Ivica Boršćak, Josip Boršćak, Mara Boršćak, Mladen Boršćak, Ivan Boršćak, Mira Boršćak, Kristijan Boršćak, Igor Boršćak, Jasmina Boršćak, Nikolina Boršćak, Franjo Boršćak, Kristina Boršćak, Robert Boršćak, Miroslav Boršćak, Marin Boršćak, Tomislav Boršćak, Paula Boršćak

Mentions in sources

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

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