Surname Košak in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 270 people with faimily name Košak live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 260 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 40 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Cakovec (20), Rijeka (15), Donji Kraljevec in Prelog area (15), and in Belica in Cakovec area (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Košak (including: Kosak , Koshak , Kossak , Kossack , Koschak , Kosack , Koschack , Kosák , Koszak and Koosak ) is present in 67 countries worldwide. The family name "Kosak " is used by some 5000 people in Germany , about 5000 in Turkey , and some 3000 people in the United States. "Koshak " is used by some 1000 people in Saudi Arabia , about 400 in Russian Federation , and some 300 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.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Košak, Sanja Košak, Zvonko Košak, Lidija Košak, Marijan Košak, Mario Košak, Dragica Košak, Dejan Košak, Magdalena Košak, Vladimir Košak, Vinko Košak, Željka Košak, Mladen Košak, Jadranka Košak, Lori Košak, Katarina Košak, Stjepan Košak, Franjo Košak, Miljenko Košak

Mentions in sources

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

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