Surname Kobak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kobak families are Croats (from Ozalj area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vinkovci and in Ozalj area.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Kobak live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Vinkovci (10), Zagreb (<5), and in Restovo in Ozalj area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kobak (including: Koback , Kobac , Kobachuk , Kobach , Kobachek , Kobachi , Khobak , Kobakh and Kobacs ) is present in 48 countries worldwide. "Koback " is used by some 400 people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Germany. "Kobac " is used by small number of people in Poland and small number in the United States. "Kobach " is used by some 60 people in the United States , small number in Russian Federation , and small number of people in Ukraine.

Characteristic first names

Davorin Kobak, Mihaela Kobak, Ines Kobak, Mijo Kobak, Albin Kobak, Ivka Kobak, Antun Kobak, Blaž Kobak, Jovanka Kobak, Nada Kobak, Stjepan Kobak, Dragutin Kobak, Katica Kobak, Natko Kobak, Miroslav Kobak, Ivica Kobak, Lidija Kobak, Filip Kobak, Ana Kobak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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