Surname Ivak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Ivak families are Croats (from Zlatar area ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Zlatar area.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Ivak live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 6 cities and four other places, mostly in Marija Bistrica in Zlatar area (20), Zagreb (15), Dugo Selo (<10), Ivanic-Grad (<10), and in Podgorje Bistricko in Zlatar area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ivak (including: Ivakh , Ivach , Ivachi , Iwak , Ivaci , Ivack , Ivachko , Ivacha and Ivacs ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. The family name "Ivak " is used by some 700 people in Turkey , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Australia. "Ivack " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Ivach " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zvonimir Ivak, Neven Ivak, Vesna Ivak, Alen Ivak, Damir Ivak, Marina Ivak, Miroslav Ivak, Zlatko Ivak, Danijel Ivak, Darija Ivak, Željko Ivak, Mirjana Ivak, Drago Ivak, Ivanka Ivak, Božena Ivak, Tomo Ivak, Davorin Ivak, Robert Ivak, Tomislav Ivak

Mentions in sources

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

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