Surname Jaška in modern Croatia

Jaška families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Rab. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Rab and in Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Jaška live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, in 7 cities and threee other places, mostly in Rijeka (20), in Supetarska Draga (20) and Rab (<10) on the Island of Rab, Karlovac (<10), and in Zagreb (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Jaška (including: Jaska , Yaska , Jaaska , Jascha , Lyaska , Jaszka , Yashika , Jassica , Jasca and Yasska ) is present in 46 countries worldwide. The family name "Jaska " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 200 in Slovakia , and some 100 people in Lithuania. "Jaaska " is used by some 100 people in Estonia , about 60 in Finland , and small number of people in the United States. "Jaszka " is used by some 80 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Darko Jaška, Zoran Jaška, Branko Jaška, Nikolina Jaška, Ružica Jaška, Dejan Jaška, Ljubica Jaška, Danijel Jaška, Dražen Jaška, Helena Jaška, Vinko Jaška, Šime Jaška, Eli Jaška, Vladimir Jaška, Radojka Jaška, Ivan Jaška, Milka Jaška, Branka Jaška, Damir Jaška

Mentions in sources

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

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