Surname Mišak in modern Croatia

Mišak families are Croats and they are mostly from Varazdin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and in Varazdin area. In Kozjak Začretski in Zabok area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Mišak.

Prevalence

About 490 people with faimily name Mišak live in Croatia today, in 190 households. There were 430 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 35 other places, mostly in Trnovec in Varazdin area (170), Zagreb (65), Varazdin (55), Bartolovec in Varazdin area (35), and in Sveti Kriz Zacretje in Zabok area (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Mišak (including: Misak , Mishak , Mischak , Mishack , Missak , Miesak , Miszak , Misák , Missack and Mishtak ) is present in 63 countries worldwide. The family name "Misak " is used by some 3000 people in Ukraine , about 1000 in the United States , and some 1000 people in Slovakia. "Mishak " is used by some 300 people in Ukraine , about 200 in the United States , and some 60 people in Uganda. "Mischak " is used by some 200 people in Ukraine , about 100 in Austria , and some 90 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Aleksandra Mišak, Franjo Mišak, Zrinjka Mišak, Krešimir Mišak, Željko Mišak, Zoran Mišak, Andreja Mišak, Alemka Mišak, Mario Mišak, Damir Mišak, Marijo Mišak, Zlatko Mišak, Ivan Mišak, Tomislav Mišak, Mladen Mišak, Goran Mišak, Sandro Mišak, Božidar Mišak, Marko Mišak

Mentions in sources

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

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