Surname Košćak in modern Croatia

Košćak families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Marof. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Novi Marof. In places Strmec Remetinečki and Oštrice in Novi Marof every eighth inhabitant had the family name Košćak.

Prevalence

About 600 people with faimily name Košćak live in Croatia today, in 280 households. There were 290 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 35 cities and 71 other places, mostly in Zagreb (75), Varazdin (75), Ostrice (75), Remetinec (55), and in Novi Marof (25).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Canada (2) and the United States (2).
Family name Košćak (including: Koscak , Koschak , Kosciak , Koshchak and Koschack ) is present in 17 countries worldwide. The family name "Koscak " is used by some 100 people in the United States. "Koschak " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Germany , and some 50 people in Ukraine. "Kosciak " is used by some 400 people in Poland , about 80 in the United States , and small number of people in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Siniša Košćak, Zvonko Košćak, Nikola Košćak, Zoran Košćak, Ruža Košćak, Darko Košćak, Jasna Košćak, Dragutin Košćak, Vesna Košćak, Marija Košćak, Tomislav Košćak, Dražen Košćak, Josip Košćak, Drago Košćak, Erlino Košćak, Rajka Košćak, Sandra Košćak, Marko Košćak, Kristina Košćak

Mentions in sources

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

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