Surname Marak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Marak families are almost entirely Croats (from Petrinja ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and Petrinja.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Marak live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and threee other places, mostly in Pecki (<10), Karlovac (<10), Zagreb (<10), Petrinja (<10), and in Osijek (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Marak (including: Marac , Mmarak , Marrak , Marrack , Marack , Maraak , Marakh , Marakk and Marhak ) is present in 72 countries worldwide. The family name "Marak " is used by some 20000 people in Bangladesh , about 2000 in the United States , and some 1000 people in Czech Republic. "Marack " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Germany. "Mmarak " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marina Marak, Maja Marak, Nada Marak, Dubravko Marak, Leon Marak, Đurđica Marak, Mirta Marak, Marko Marak, Marijan Marak, Martina Marak, Vladimir Marak, Ivan Marak, Damir Marak, Larisa Marak, Željko Marak, Ana Marak, Ivana Marak, Janko Marak, Danijel Marak

Mentions in sources

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

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