Surname Kržak in modern Croatia

Kržak families are Croats and they are mostly from Bjelovar. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Kržak live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Bjelovar (45), Zagreb (20), Sisak (<5), Velika Gorica (<5), and in Nedelisce in Cakovec area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kržak (including: Krzak , Krzák , Kerzak and Krzack ) is present in 17 countries on four continents. The family name "Krzak " is used by some 8000 people in Poland , about 500 in the United States , and some 100 people in Czech Republic. "Kerzak " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Miroslav Kržak, Davor Kržak, Carmen Kržak, Mladen Kržak, Nada Kržak, Damir Kržak, Željka Kržak, Marinka Kržak, Dijana Kržak, Robert Kržak, Tanja Kržak, Kristina Kržak, Marjan Kržak, Sanja Kržak, Bojan Kržak, Alen Kržak, Štefanija Kržak, Božica Kržak, Josip Kržak

Mentions in sources

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

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