Surname Hajak in modern Croatia

Hajak families are Croats and they are mostly from Vrbovca. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrbovec and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Hajak live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and 13 other places, mostly in Poljana (15), Zagreb (15), Topolovec (15), Vrbovec (<10), and in Lovrecka Varos (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Hajak (including: Hayak , Halyak , Thayak , Hajack , Chayak , Hayaq , Hayachi , Haiak and Hajach ) is present in 21 countries worldwide. "Hayak " is used by some 100 people in Israel , small number in Turkey , and small number of people in the United States. "Hajack " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Halyak " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Hajak, Edna Hajak, Marijan Hajak, Davor Hajak, Vladimir Hajak, Bernardin Hajak, Milivoj Hajak, Ivica Hajak, Valentina Hajak, Željko Hajak, Dragutin Hajak, Pavao Hajak, Vjekoslav Hajak, Biserka Hajak, Ivan Hajak, Marica Hajak, Đurđa Hajak, Zdenka Hajak, Zvonko Hajak

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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