Surname Kalak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kalak families are generally Croats (from Sisak ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sisak and in Bosanian Posavina (Derventa area).

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Kalak live in Croatia today, in four households only.
They are located in one Croatian city only, in Sisak (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kalak (including: Kalac , Khalak , Kalachik , Kalachuk , Khalakh , Kalakh , Kalack , Kalaak and Kallak ) is present in 82 countries worldwide. "Kalac " is used by some 4000 people in Turkey , about 300 in the United States , and some 300 people in Czech Republic. "Kalachek " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Kalachi " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Davor Kalak, Jovica Kalak, Saša Kalak, Ivana Kalak, Božidar Kalak, Mirjana Kalak, Zvjezdana Kalak, Nataša Kalak, Mile Kalak, Siniša Kalak, Petar Kalak, Vedran Kalak, Nada Kalak, Ljiljana Kalak, Dubravka Kalak, Krešimir Kalak, Adriana Kalak, Patrik Kalak, Lorena Kalak

Mentions in sources

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

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