Surname Djak in modern Croatia

Djak families are Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Novi Travnik area) and in Middle Bosnia (Travnik area). In Gornje Pećine in Middle Bosnia every fourth inhabitant had the family name Djak.

Prevalence

About 220 people with faimily name Djak live in Croatia today, in 90 households.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 28 cities and 35 other places, mostly in Knin (15), Tusilovic (15), Novi Vinodolski (10), Spisic Bukovica in Virovitica area (10), and in Zagreb (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Djak (including: Diack , Diak , Dyak , Dyyak , Dyack , Djack , Dyachk and Dyach ) is present in 69 countries worldwide. "Dyak " is used by some 1000 people in Ukraine , about 300 in Russian Federation , and some 90 people in the United States. "Diak " is used by some 3000 people in Mali , about 700 in Democratic Republic of Congo , and some 400 people in the United States. "Dyack " is used by small number of people in Canada and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivo Djak, Mišela Djak, Mirko Djak, Žana Djak, Stipo Djak, Cvjetoslav Djak, Vinko Djak, Sladjan Djak, Ana Djak, Ivana Djak, Marko Djak, Zoran Djak, Dragan Djak, Predrag Djak, Niko Djak, Vlatka Djak, Ivan Djak, Marijana Djak, Anto Djak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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