Surname Koščak in modern Croatia

Koščak families are Croats and they are mostly from Djurdjevac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Koprivnica.

Prevalence

About 300 people with faimily name Koščak live in Croatia today, in 160 households. There were 650 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 32 cities and 53 other places, mostly in Zagreb (50), Koprivnica (30), Varazdin (25), Virovitica (10), and in Remetinec (10).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (2), the United States (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Koščak (including: Koscak , Koschak , Kosciak , Koscielak , Koshchak , Koschack and Koschtschak ) is present in 18 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

Željko Koščak, Davor Koščak, Ankica Koščak, Marija Koščak, Boris Koščak, Tomislav Koščak, Anđelko Koščak, Albert Koščak, Hrvoje Koščak, Mario Koščak, Krešimir Koščak, Martina Koščak, Nino Koščak, Vlado Koščak, Damir Koščak, Stjepan Koščak, Ivanka Koščak, Željkica Koščak, Ivan Koščak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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