Surname Busak in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Busak live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located and 19 other Croatian places, mostly in Desni Stefanki in Jastrebarsko area (30), Zagreb (20), Donji Dragonozec (<10), Crna Draga in Jastrebarsko area (<10), and in Karlovac (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Busak (including: Buczak , Busák , Busack , Bussac , Bussack , Bushak , Busachi , Bhusak and Busac ) is present in 32 countries worldwide. The family name "Busak " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Busack " is used by some 500 people in the United States and about 200 in Germany. "Bushak " is used by some 70 people in Ukraine , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Slovakia.

Characteristic first names

Stjepan Busak, Duško Busak, Ivica Busak, Denis Busak, Marina Busak, Ilijan Busak, Dubravko Busak, Josip Busak, Marijana Busak, Mario Busak, Miroslav Busak, Petar Busak, Anka Busak, Ivan Busak, Marica Busak, Milijana Busak, Štefica Busak, Mirjana Busak, Davor Busak

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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