Surname Kolak in modern Croatia

Kolak families are Croats and they are mostly from Herzegovina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Western Bosnia (Tomislavgrad area) and in Zagreb. In Lužani in Cazins Region (Bosnia) every fifth inhabitant had the family name Kolak.

Prevalence

About 1200 people with faimily name Kolak live in Croatia today, in 460 households. There were 540 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 52 cities and 97 other places, mostly in Zagreb (255), Sesvete (50), Split (50), Osijek (40), and in Vukovar (35).

Outside Croatia

At least 25 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (12), Sweden (4), the United States (3), Austria (3), Australia (2), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Kolak (including: Kolac , Kolachuk , Kolachik , Kolack , Kolachko , Kholak , Kollak , Kollack and Kolakh ) is present in 67 countries worldwide. "Kolack " is used by some 80 people in the United States. "Kollak " is used by some 80 people in Germany , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Turkey. "Kollack " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Kolak, Spomenka Kolak, Toni Kolak, Ante Kolak, Marijan Kolak, Gordan Kolak, Vlado Kolak, Branko Kolak, Darko Kolak, Kristina Kolak, Erih Kolak, Milan Kolak, Marko Kolak, Anton Kolak, Dario Kolak, Majda Kolak, Marija Kolak, Ljubomir Kolak, Anka Kolak

Mentions in sources

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

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