Surname Jerak in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Jerak live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and threee other places, mostly in Debeljak in Zadar area (75), Zadar (20), Sukosan in Zadar area (10), Ogulin (<10), and in Varazdin (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Jerak (including: Jeraci , Yerache , Yerak and Yeraci ) is present in 17 countries worldwide. The family name "Jerak " is used by small number of people in Venezuela , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Czech Republic. "Yerak " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Jeraci " is used by some 90 people in Italy and about 60 in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tonći Jerak, Željka Jerak, Branka Jerak, Maja Jerak, Kristina Jerak, Jure Jerak, Ivan Jerak, Denis Jerak, Mladen Jerak, Marijan Jerak, Zdravko Jerak, Alferdo Jerak, Neven Jerak, Tomislav Jerak, Martin Jerak, Ante Jerak, Momir Jerak, Ingrid Jerak, Sandra Jerak

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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