Surname Mrak in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 330 people with faimily name Mrak live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 340 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 40 other places, mostly in Rijeka (50), Zagreb (25), Trviz (20), Bjelovar (15), and in Ravna Gora in Delnice area (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 15 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (4), Belgium (4), Germany (3), the Netherlands (2), Sweden (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Mrak (including: Merak , Mrachko , Mrhac , Mracha , Mrack , Merakh , Mrache , Mraak and Mrach ) is present in 31 countries worldwide. The family name "Mrak " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 100 in Austria , and small number of people in Canada. "Mrachko " is used by some 100 people in Russian Federation , about 70 in Ukraine , and small number of people in the United States. "Mrach " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Željko Mrak, Zoran Mrak, Goran Mrak, Marko Mrak, Ervino Mrak, Tatjana Mrak, Bernard Mrak, Branimira Mrak, Vladimir Mrak, Franjo Mrak, Ivan Mrak, Eduard Mrak, Branko Mrak, Stevo Mrak, Snježana Mrak, Želimir Mrak, Lenka Mrak, Marta Mrak, Ruža Mrak

Mentions in sources

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

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