Surname Odžak in modern Croatia

Odžak families are Croats and they are mostly from Sinj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Sinj area.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Odžak live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and 5 other places, mostly in Split (35), Mravince (15), Pribude in Sinj area (15), Solin (15), and in Hrvace in Sinj area (15).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (2) and Argentina (1).
Family name Odžak (including: Odzak , Hodak , Hodac , Odak , Odaci , Hodák , Hoodak , Odachi , Odzhak and Odach ) is present in 44 countries worldwide. The family name "Odzak " is used by some 100 people in Argentina , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Australia. "Odach " is used by few people in the United States. "Odachi " is used by some 600 people in Japan and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Renata Odžak, Ante Odžak, Nikša Odžak, Ivan Odžak, Jerko Odžak, Dražen Odžak, Goran Odžak, Jelena Odžak, Mara Odžak, Marica Odžak, Jakov Odžak, Josip Odžak, Marijana Odžak, Duje Odžak, Petar Odžak, Tonči Odžak, Pera Odžak, Marija Odžak, Marina Odžak

Mentions in sources

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

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