Surname Jakševac in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Jakševac families are Croats (from Zapresic area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slovenia and in Zapresic area.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Jakševac live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, four cities and four other places, mostly in Senkovec in Zapresic area (<10), Vrbanja in Zupanja area (<10), Marija Gorica in Zapresic area (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Knin (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Jakševac is present in two countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Branko Jakševac, Mirica Jakševac, Jasna Jakševac, Stjepan Jakševac, Davor Jakševac, Vera Jakševac, Marjan Jakševac, Lidija Jakševac, Radovan Jakševac, Drago Jakševac, Vinko Jakševac, Ivan Jakševac, Ana Jakševac, Slavica Jakševac, Vlasta Jakševac, Zdenko Jakševac, Siniša Jakševac, Nikola Jakševac, Anneliese Jakševac

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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