Surname Dejak in modern Croatia

Dejak families are Croats and they are mostly from Virovitica. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Virovitica.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Dejak live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Donja Lomnica (<10), Nova Bukovica in Slatina area (<10), Split (<10), and in Rokovci in Vinkovci area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Dejak (including: Deepak , Deyak , Dejack , Dejac , Deiak , Deemak , Deebak and Deyack ) is present in 66 countries worldwide. The family name "Dejak " is used by some 80 people in the United States , about 60 in Uganda , and small number of people in Canada. "Deyak " is used by some 700 people in Ukraine , about 200 in Uzbekistan , and some 100 people in the United States. "Dejack " is used by small number of people in Thailand and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Verica Dejak, Martina Dejak, Dario Dejak, Biserka Dejak, Krunoslav Dejak, Mario Dejak, Vlado Dejak, Stjepan Dejak, Ivan Dejak, Božica Dejak, Suzana Dejak, Vladimir Dejak, Dalibor Dejak, Igor Dejak, Jasenka Dejak, Vlatka Dejak, Jasna Dejak, Nada Dejak, Danijel Dejak

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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