Surname Maslak in modern Croatia

Maslak families are Croats and they are mostly from Jastrebarsko area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Jastrebarsko area and in Nasice. In Desno Sredičko in Jastrebarsko area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Maslak.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Maslak live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 100 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Desno Sredicko in Jastrebarsko area (25), Osijek (15), Zagreb (10), Rijeka (<10), and in Nasice (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Maslak (including: Maslachah , Maslach , Maslack , Maslák , Maslacha , Maslac and Mashlak ) is present in 33 countries worldwide. The family name "Maslak " is used by some 1000 people in Poland , about 600 in the United States , and some 600 people in Ukraine. "Maslack " is used by some 50 people in the United States. "Maslac " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in France.

Characteristic first names

Slavica Maslak, Nada Maslak, Melita Maslak, Tomislav Maslak, Vlado Maslak, Srećko Maslak, Doriana Maslak, Nikola Maslak, Aga Maslak, Ivan Maslak, Marko Maslak, Slava Maslak, Božica Maslak, Suzana Maslak, Asja Maslak, Ivana Maslak, Josip Maslak, Željko Maslak, Matija Maslak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1938 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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