Surname Gojak in modern Croatia

Gojak families are Croats and they are mostly from Makarska. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and Makarska. In Veliko Brdo in Makarska every fourth inhabitant had the family name Gojak.

Prevalence

About 540 people with faimily name Gojak live in Croatia today, in 200 households. There were 530 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 20 cities and 34 other places, mostly in Makarska (135), Karlovac (125), Zagreb (40), Duga Resa (25), and in Banjsko Selo in Duga Resa area (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 23 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (9), Germany (8), the United States (3), France (1), Sweden (1), and to Argentina (1).
Family name Gojak (including: Golyak , Gayak , Gajak , Goyak , Gajac , Goyack , Golyakh , Gojack and Goiack ) is present in 34 countries worldwide. "Goyak " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Chile , and small number of people in Australia. "Goyack " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Gojack " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Josip Gojak, Lidija Gojak, Jadranka Gojak, Marinko Gojak, Mario Gojak, Sylva Gojak, Željko Gojak, Draženko Gojak, Marina Gojak, Vesna Gojak, Jadran Gojak, Sanja Gojak, Marin Gojak, Sandra Gojak, Ante Gojak, Tihomir Gojak, Milivoj Gojak, Dragica Gojak, Valentina Gojak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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