Surname Dvoršak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Dvoršak families are almost entirely Croats (from Pregrada area ), very rarely Slovenes (from Middle Bosnia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pregrada area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Dvoršak live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Vodnjan in Pula area (10), Jelenjak in Pregrada area (<10), Klanjec (<5), and in Klupci in Krapina area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Dvoršak (including: Dvorsak , Dworschak , Dworshak , Dvorshak , Dvorschak , Dworschack , Dworsack , Dworsak and Dvorsack ) is present in 18 countries worldwide. The family name "Dvorsak " is used by some 50 people in the United States. "Dvorshak " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Dvorschak " is used by small number of people in Germany and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Goran Dvoršak, Josip Dvoršak, Danijela Dvoršak, Ivan Dvoršak, Nela Dvoršak, Srećko Dvoršak, Goranka Dvoršak, Benjamin Dvoršak, Milorad Dvoršak, Boris Dvoršak, Mirela Dvoršak, Karlo Dvoršak, Ivana Dvoršak, Arsen Dvoršak, Marica Dvoršak, Bojan Dvoršak, Dragica Dvoršak, Ivanka Dvoršak, Nataša Dvoršak

Mentions in sources

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

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