Surname Klak in modern Croatia

Klak families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanic-Grad. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanic-Grad and in Zagreb. In Lijevi Dubrovčak in Ivanic-Grad every tenth inhabitant had the family name Klak.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Klak live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and 7 other places, mostly in Lijevi Dubrovcak (25), Zagreb (15), Ivanic-Grad (<10), Petrijevci in Valpovo area (<5), and in Prepolno (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Klak (including: Klachko , Klack , Klachuk , Clak , Khlak , Klacz , Klaci , Klach and Klachky ) is present in 88 countries worldwide. "Clak " is used by some 90 people in Venezuela , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Brazil. "Klach " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Clack " is used by some 4000 people in the United States , about 3000 in South Africa , and some 1000 people in Great Britain.

Characteristic first names

Stjepan Klak, Krunoslav Klak, Marica Klak, Đuro Klak, Igor Klak, Zlatko Klak, Siniša Klak, Hrvoje Klak, Tina Klak, Aleksandra Klak, Vesna Klak, Goran Klak, Nikola Klak, Tomislav Klak, Marko Klak, Ljerka Klak, Ivica Klak, Ljubica Klak, Spomenka Klak

Mentions in sources

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

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