Surname Botak in modern Croatia

Botak families are Croats and they are mostly from Ludbreg area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ludbreg area and in Varazdin. In Lunjkovec in Ludbreg area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Botak.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Botak live in Croatia today, in 20 households.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and 13 other places, mostly in Koprivnica (10), in Kapela Podravska (10) and Lunjkovec (<10) in Ludbreg area, Kunovec Breg (<5), and in Bolfan (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (2), Australia (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Botak (including: Botache , Botach , Bothak and Botachev ) is present in 20 countries worldwide. The family name "Botak " is used by some 2000 people in Indonesia , about 800 in Malaysia , and small number of people in the United States. "Botach " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Botache " is used by some 700 people in Colombia , small number in Mexico , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Željko Botak, Zvonimir Botak, Anđelko Botak, Ivan Botak, Zlatko Botak, Samir Botak, Željka Botak, Mirjana Botak, Monika Botak, Katica Botak, Daliborka Botak, Mario Botak, Božena Botak, Vlado Botak, Antun Botak, Marinka Botak, Miroslav Botak, Davor Botak, Renata Botak

Mentions in sources

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

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