Surname Pakrac in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Pakrac live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties and 8 other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Mihovljan in Krapina area (15), Rijeka (<10), Varazdin (<10), and in Radoboj in Krapina area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pakrac is present in this form only in Croatia.

Characteristic first names

Željko Pakrac, Anica Pakrac, Joso Pakrac, Pavica Pakrac, Vera Pakrac, Ivan Pakrac, Josip Pakrac, Stjepan Pakrac, Janko Pakrac, Marija Pakrac, Zdravko Pakrac, Ljiljana Pakrac, Romana Pakrac, Zdenka Pakrac, Marko Pakrac, Tomislav Pakrac, Božidar Pakrac, Bojan Pakrac, Suzana Pakrac

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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