Surname Dakas in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Dakas live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in one Croatian city only, in Zagreb (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Dakas (including: Dacas , Dhakas and Dakash ) is present in 30 countries worldwide. The family name "Dakas " is used by some 100 people in Greece , about 80 in the United States , and small number of people in Indonesia. "Dacas " is used by some 200 people in Brazil , about 70 in Jamaica , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Antun Dakas, Nada Dakas, Siniša Dakas, Martina Dakas, Monika Dakas, Bruno Dakas, Alojzija Dakas, Ana Dakas, Benito Dakas, Berta Dakas, Ivan Dakas, Ivo Dakas, Josip Dakas, Lojzika Dakas, Marija Dakas

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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