Surname Dajak in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 220 people with faimily name Dajak live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Split (85), Cista Velika in Omis area (30), Zagreb (25), Blato na Cetini (20), and in Rijeka (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Dajak (including: Dayak , Deiac , Dhayak , Dalyak , Deiak , Dayaq , Dajac , Dhajak and Daiak ) is present in 16 countries worldwide. The family name "Dajak " is used by few people in the United States. "Dayak " is used by some 800 people in Indonesia and about 80 in the United States. "Daiak " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Radoslav Dajak, Petar Dajak, Vice Dajak, Dragan Dajak, Ivica Dajak, Denis Dajak, Snježana Dajak, Tamara Dajak, Željko Dajak, Tomo Dajak, Ksenija Dajak, Mirela Dajak, Marko Dajak, Lidija Dajak, Brankica Dajak, Tanja Dajak, Duje Dajak, Vlado Dajak, Božo Dajak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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