Surname Debak in modern Croatia

Debak families are Croats and they are mostly from Trogir area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zupanja and in Trogir area. In Ljubitovica in Trogir area every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Debak.

Prevalence

About 170 people with faimily name Debak live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Zupanja (30), Stitar (30), Prgomet in Trogir area (20), Split (20), and in Ljubitovica in Trogir area (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Debak (including: Debbache , Debache , Debbakh , Deback , Debac , Debacher , Debach , Debachy and Deebak ) is present in 30 countries worldwide. "Deback " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in France , and small number of people in Belgium. "Debach " is used by some 100 people in Italy and small number in the United States. "Debacher " is used by some 100 people in Brazil , about 60 in Germany , and some 60 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Rade Debak, Goran Debak, Adema Debak, Ivan Debak, Ante Debak, Ivo Debak, Irena Debak, Borislavka Debak, Tomislav Debak, Ervina Debak, Mato Debak, Evica Debak, Vesna Debak, Andrea Debak, Jelena Debak, Stanko Debak, Srećko Debak, Marija Debak, Manda Debak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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