Surname Kršak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kršak families are Croats (from Sveti Ivan Zelina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sveti Ivan Zelina and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Kršak live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Sveta Helena (<10), Hrnjanec (<10), Gornja Drenova (<5), and in Valpovo (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kršak (including: Krsak , Chersak , Kersak , Krssak and Kershak ) is present in 14 countries on four continents. The family name "Krsak " is used by some 1000 people in Slovakia , about 300 in the United States , and some 100 people in Czech Republic. "Kershak " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Stjepan Kršak, Snježana Kršak, Branko Kršak, Ivan Kršak, Nadica Kršak, Peter Kršak, Franjo Kršak, Josip Kršak, Silvana Kršak, Vesna Kršak, Ruženka Kršak, Ljuba Kršak, Ruža Kršak, Štefica Kršak, Jasmina Kršak, Denis Kršak, Ljubomir Kršak, Jaga Kršak, Ljubica Kršak

Mentions in sources

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

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