Surname Dvoržak in modern Croatia

Dvoržak families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Osijek , rarely Czechs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Dvoržak live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Osijek (20), Ivanic-Grad (<10), Belisce (<10), and in Novi Majur (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Dvoržak (including: Dworzak , Dvorzhak , Dworzack , Dvorzsak and Dvorzak ) is present in 15 countries worldwide. "Dworzak " is used by some 600 people in Germany , about 300 in Austria , and some 200 people in the United States. "Dworzack " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Austria. "Dvorzsak " is used by small number of people in Ghana and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Hrabren Dvoržak, Sanda Dvoržak, Ivanka Dvoržak, Davorin Dvoržak, Nenad Dvoržak, Zlatko Dvoržak, Jasminka Dvoržak, Zlata Dvoržak, Dubravka Dvoržak, Boris Dvoržak, Dejan Dvoržak, Neven Dvoržak, Antun Dvoržak, Josipa Dvoržak, Stanko Dvoržak, Renato Dvoržak, Darko Dvoržak, Montaha Dvoržak, Krešimir Dvoržak

Mentions in sources

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

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