Surname Jakovac in modern Croatia

Jakovac families are Croats and they are mostly from Delnice area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 860 people with faimily name Jakovac live in Croatia today, in 390 households. There were 910 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 52 cities and 83 other places, mostly in Zagreb (170), Rijeka (80), Mrkopalj in Delnice area (45), Delnice (40), and in Osijek (25).

Outside Croatia

At least 21 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (7), Australia (4), France (4), Germany (3), Canada (2), and to Austria (1).
Family name Jakovac (including: Jakowatz , Jacovazzo , Yakovac , Jacovacci , Jackovac , Jackovatz and Yakovatz ) is present in 21 countries worldwide. The family name "Jakovac " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 100 in Australia , and some 90 people in Libya. "Yakovac " is used by some 70 people in the United States. "Yakovatz " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marko Jakovac, Aleksandar Jakovac, Tanja Jakovac, Darko Jakovac, Draženko Jakovac, Vesna Jakovac, Hrvoje Jakovac, Marina Jakovac, Hranislav Jakovac, Ivan Jakovac, Martin Jakovac, Ivana Jakovac, Loretta Jakovac, Ana Jakovac, Miroslav Jakovac, Alan Jakovac, Željko Jakovac, Suzana Jakovac, Tamara Jakovac

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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