Surname Krakar in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Krakar live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Sisak (25), Pula (15), Zagreb (10), Hrvatski Leskovac (<10), and in Petrinja (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Krakar (including: Chitrakar , Kerakar , Chatrakar , Kherakar , Chearakar , Cherakar , Charakar and Chakrakar ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. The family name "Krakar " is used by some 70 people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Zdravko Krakar, Davorin Krakar, Goran Krakar, Renata Krakar, Marijana Krakar, Danijela Krakar, Niko Krakar, Gordana Krakar, Darko Krakar, Vladimir Krakar, Davor Krakar, Maja Krakar, Martina Krakar, Mirko Krakar, Josip Krakar, Dragica Krakar, Damir Krakar, Tedi Krakar, Ivan Krakar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1943 in source Directorium ARCHI-DIOECESI ZAGREBIENSI.

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