Surname Orak in modern Croatia

Orak families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Marof area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Novi Marof area and in Varazdin. In Pavlin Kloštar in Bjelovar area every thirtieth inhabitant had the family name Orak.

Prevalence

About 170 people with faimily name Orak live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 21 other places, mostly in Krizevci (30), Donja Rijeka in Novi Marof area (30), Zagreb (20), Vukovec in Krizevci area (15), and in Varazdin (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Germany (1) and the United States (1).
Family name Orak (including: Orach , Orac , Oracz , Oracha , Orachev , Orrach , Orachun , Orack and Orachov ) is present in 66 countries worldwide. "Orack " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Orach " is used by some 3000 people in Uganda , about 200 in Ukraine , and some 90 people in the United States. "Orrach " is used by some 60 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dragutin Orak, Darko Orak, Ana Orak, Tugomir Orak, Nenad Orak, Nada Orak, Marina Orak, Ivica Orak, Vlatka Orak, Mario Orak, Dubravko Orak, Ivka Orak, Stjepan Orak, Željko Orak, Snježana Orak, Milton Orak, Dejan Orak, Josipa Orak, Vjekoslav Orak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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