Surname Hodak in modern Croatia

Hodak families are Croats and they are mostly from Slunj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slunj area and in Zagreb. In places Čatrnja , Selište Drežničko and Drežnik Grad in Slunj area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Hodak.

Prevalence

About 1900 people with faimily name Hodak live in Croatia today, in 820 households. There were 1400 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 65 cities and 172 other places, mostly in Zagreb (350), Catrnja in Duga Resa area (85), Sesvete (70), Dreznik Grad in Slunj area (65), and in Smoljanac in Otocac area (55).

Outside Croatia

Family name Hodak (including: Hodac , Hodack , Hodák , Hoodak , Hodach , Hoodack , Hodachok , Hodacs and Hodacz ) is present in 33 countries worldwide. The family name "Hodak " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 800 in Germany , and some 300 people in Czech Republic. "Hodack " is used by some 200 people in the United States. "Hoodak " is used by some 70 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zlatko Hodak, Ivan Hodak, Antonija Hodak, Dane Hodak, Vanja Hodak, Nikica Hodak, Ružica Hodak, Anita Hodak, Joso Hodak, Luka Hodak, Drago Hodak, Sunita Hodak, Marina Hodak, Davor Hodak, Josip Hodak, Sonja Hodak, Stipe Hodak, Igor Hodak, Tomislav Hodak

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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