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Surname Deščak in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Deščak families are Croats (from Samobor area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Samobor area and in Samobor. In Bestovje in Samobor area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Deščak.
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Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Deščak live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and threee other places, mostly in Bestovje in Samobor area (25), Zagreb (<10), Samobor (<5), Petrova Gora in Zlatar area (<5), and in Strmec in Samobor area (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Deščak (including: Descak , Deschak and Desciak ) is present in four countries on two continents. The family name "Descak " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Deschak " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Desciak " is used by small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Sanjica Deščak,
Darko Deščak,
Mladen Deščak,
Valentina Deščak,
Katarina Deščak,
Štefica Deščak,
Kristina Deščak,
Ivica Deščak,
Dragutin Deščak,
Marijan Deščak,
Željko Deščak,
Nada Deščak,
Edo Deščak,
Marina Deščak,
Ines Deščak,
Helena Deščak,
Stjepan Deščak,
Ana Deščak,
Agata Deščak