Surname Erak in modern Croatia

Erak families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Ploce. According to some sources they are from Sibenik area, very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 410 people with faimily name Erak live in Croatia today, in 190 households. There were 330 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 28 cities and 18 other places, mostly in Sibenik (90), Zagreb (90), Pirovac in Vodice area (45), Ploce (40), and in Split (25).

Outside Croatia

Family name Erak (including: Herak , Erac , Herák , Erachin , Eraci , Erachid , Herac , Erack and Herach ) is present in 44 countries worldwide. The family name "Erak " is used by some 300 people in Turkey , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Russian Federation. "Erack " is used by few people in Tanzania and few people in the United States. "Eraci " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Šime Erak, Anita Erak, Miško Erak, Željko Erak, Zvonko Erak, Marinka Erak, Virgil Erak, Paško Erak, Marija Erak, Alis Erak, Ivor Erak, Srećko Erak, Karmelita Erak, Maja Erak, Marijan Erak, Milan Erak, Ivana Erak, Elena Erak, Marina Erak

Mentions in sources

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

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