Surname Buđak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Buđak families are Croats (from Virovitica ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Virovitica.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Buđak live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and threee other places, mostly in Rezovac (10), Virovitica (10), Podgorje (<10), Velika Gorica (<5), and in Pitomaca in Djurdjevac area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Buđak (including: Budak , Budyak , Budjak , Budack , Budhak , Budiak , Bugiak , Buddhak , Budjack and Budakh ) is present in 59 countries worldwide. The family name "Budjak " is used by small number of people in Russian Federation , small number in Canada , and small number of people in the United States. "Budack " is used by some 200 people in Germany , about 90 in the United States , and small number of people in Namibia. "Budjack " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dubravka Buđak, Mladen Buđak, Damir Buđak, Jelka Buđak, Davor Buđak, Kristina Buđak, Ružica Buđak, Vlasta Buđak, Ninoslav Buđak, Krunoslav Buđak, Marija Buđak, Željko Buđak, Vlado Buđak, Elvira Buđak, Ivan Buđak, Lidija Buđak, Ana Buđak, Mirna Buđak, Filip Buđak

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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