Surname Horak in modern Croatia

Horak families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Grubisno Polje. According to some sources they are from Czechia, often Czechs (also from Grubisno Polje ) very rarely Hungarians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pakrac and Grubisno Polje.

Prevalence

About 300 people with faimily name Horak live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 280 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 26 other places, mostly in Grubisno Polje (55), Zagreb (40), Osijek (25), Daruvar (20), and in Gornji Daruvar (15).

Outside Croatia

At least nine families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (6), the United States (2), and to Austria (1).
Family name Horak (including: Horák , Horack , Horrach , Thorak , Horachek , Horrack , Horakh , Horache and Horac ) is present in 49 countries worldwide. The family name "Horak " is used by some 3000 people in the United States , about 2000 in Czech Republic , and some 1000 people in South Africa. "Horack " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 200 in South Africa , and small number of people in Canada. "Horakh " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Davorin Horak, Irena Horak, Renata Horak, Siniša Horak, Hana Horak, Antonija Horak, Vesna Horak, Djurdjica Horak, Vladimir Horak, Zlatko Horak, Tomislav Horak, Franjo Horak, Božica Horak, Sanja Horak, Damir Horak, Zdravko Horak, Željko Horak, Danijel Horak, Jasna Horak

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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