Surname Glavak in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 160 people with faimily name Glavak live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 200 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 15 cities and 20 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Donji Kraljevec in Prelog area (15), Koprivnica (10), Cakovec (<10), and in Galovac (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Glavak (including: Glavac , Glavach and Glavack ) is present in 16 countries worldwide. "Glavack " is used by few people in the United States. "Glavac " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Germany. "Glavach " is used by some 70 people in the United States and about 60 in Ukraine.

Characteristic first names

Željko Glavak, Mirjana Glavak, Ljerka Glavak, Sunčana Glavak, Ksenija Glavak, Tihomir Glavak, Ivan Glavak, Nevenka Glavak, Siniša Glavak, Tomislav Glavak, Goran Glavak, Ivica Glavak, Branko Glavak, Ružica Glavak, Liljana Glavak, Višnja Glavak, Slavko Glavak, Dubravka Glavak, Josip Glavak

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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