Surname Ilak in modern Croatia

Ilak families are Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Posavina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Odzak area) and in Trogir. In Gornja Dubica in Bosanian Posavina every tenth inhabitant had the family name Ilak.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Ilak live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than tripled.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Slavonski Brod (25), Zagreb (10), Split (<10), Rovisce in Bjelovar area (<10), and in Lucko (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ilak (including: Elak , Illac , Ilaci , Ilac , Illak , Ilhak , Ilakh , Ilack and Ilach ) is present in 39 countries worldwide. "Ilack " is used by few people in the United States. "Ilac " is used by some 60 people in the United States. "Elak " is used by some 90 people in Poland , small number in Belarus , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Ilak, Neven Ilak, Anto Ilak, Katarina Ilak, Ilija Ilak, Ivo Ilak, Draženka Ilak, Jadranka Ilak, Damir Ilak, Pejo Ilak, Ružica Ilak, Marta Ilak, Anita Ilak, Svetlana Ilak, Danica Ilak, Tomislav Ilak, Snježana Ilak, Željko Ilak, Mara Ilak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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