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Surname Deak in modern Croatia
Deak families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Samobor area , rarely Hungarians (from Vinkovci area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Metkovic. In Pavlovec Zabočki in Zabok every fifth inhabitant had the family name Deak.
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Prevalence
About 460 people with faimily name Deak live in Croatia today, in 200 households. There were 270 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 24 cities and 56 other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), Opuzen (45), Pavlovec Zabocki (45), Vrsar in Rovinj area (20), and in Bizovac in Valpovo area (15).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Deak (including: Deac , Deák , Deach , Deachen , Dehak , Deack , Deacha , Dheak and Dehhak ) is present in 53 countries worldwide. The family name "Deak " is used by some 10000 people in Hungary , about 7000 in Romania , and some 4000 people in the United States. "Deack " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Deac " is used by some 6000 people in Romania , about 200 in Spain , and some 100 people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Suzana Deak,
Damir Deak,
Vlado Deak,
Stanislav Deak,
Ana Deak,
Mladen Deak,
Drago Deak,
Sandro Deak,
Nenad Deak,
Božidar Deak,
Gordana Deak,
Željko Deak,
Krešo Deak,
Ivica Deak,
Ištvan Deak,
Zvonko Deak,
Guido Deak,
Marinela Deak,
Anica Deak
