Surname Budak in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 380 people with faimily name Budak live in Croatia today, in 170 households. There were 440 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 24 cities and 38 other places, mostly in Zagreb (210), Sesvete (15), Rijeka (15), Ivanic-Grad (15), and in Sisak (10).

Outside Croatia

At least 19 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (6), Australia (3), Canada (3), Germany (3), France (2), the United Kingdom (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Budak (including: Budac , Budach , Budacz , Budack , Budhak , Bhudhak , Budaq , Buddhak and Budakh ) is present in 56 countries worldwide. "Budack " is used by some 200 people in Germany , about 90 in the United States , and small number of people in Namibia. "Budach " is used by some 500 people in Germany , about 100 in the United States , and some 100 people in Brazil. "Budacz " is used by some 400 people in Poland and about 60 in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Neven Budak, Josip Budak, Jelena Budak, Vesna Budak, Zrinka Budak, Luka Budak, Antun Budak, Boris Budak, Hrvoje Budak, Divko Budak, Mirjana Budak, Zdravko Budak, Augustina Budak, Dubravko Budak, Ljiljana Budak, Zoran Budak, Jasminka Budak, Mirela Budak, Kristijan Budak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1691 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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