Surname Polak in modern Croatia

Polak families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Koprivnica area , barely Czechs and Hungarians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Cakovec.

Prevalence

About 340 people with faimily name Polak live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 370 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 38 cities and 41 other places, mostly in Zagreb (60), Rijeka (15), Pula (15), Split (10), and in Koprivnica (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Polak (including: Pollak , Pollack , Polack , Polachek , Polac , Pohlak , Poolak , Pollyak and Polliak ) is present in 98 countries worldwide. "Polack " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 800 in Peru , and some 700 people in Germany. "Pollak " is used by some 10000 people in the United States , about 7000 in Germany , and some 3000 people in Austria. "Pollack " is used by some 10000 people in the United States , about 2000 in Germany , and some 500 people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Željko Polak, Nikola Polak, Branko Polak, Iva Polak, Josip Polak, Vesna Polak, Asja Polak, Zdenka Polak, Sanja Polak, Jadranka Polak, Katica Polak, Martina Polak, Robert Polak, Vladimir Polak, Igor Polak, Damir Polak, Gordana Polak, Karmen Polak, Stjepan Polak

Mentions in sources

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

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