Surname Krajač in modern Croatia

Krajač families are Croats and they are mostly from Vrbovsko area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Vrbovsko area. In Lipovšćaki in Vrbovsko area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Krajač.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Krajač live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Zagreb (80), Netretic in Duga Resa area (<10), Botinovec in Koprivnica area (<10), Strizivojna in Djakovo area (<5), and in Zapresic (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (3), France (2), and to the United States (1).
Family name Krajač (including: Krajac , Krajack , Krayac and Krajacz ) is present in five countries on two continents. The family name "Krajac " is used by some 50 people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Krayac " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Krajack " is used by some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Krajač, Tamara Krajač, Stjepan Krajač, Zvonimir Krajač, Vladimir Krajač, Iva Krajač, Pera Krajač, Saša Krajač, Ivana Krajač, Jasmin Krajač, Goran Krajač, Hrvoje Krajač, Zvonko Krajač, Damir Krajač, Jasna Krajač, Božidar Krajač, Danijela Krajač, Adrijana Krajač, Kristina Krajač

Mentions in sources

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

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