Surname Poljak in modern Croatia

Poljak families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Sinj. According to some sources they are from Ogulin area, very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sinj and Zagreb. In Glavice in Sinj every fifth inhabitant had the family name Poljak.

Prevalence

About 3400 people with faimily name Poljak live in Croatia today, in 1400 households. There were 2700 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 88 cities and 249 other places, mostly in Glavice (595), Zagreb (470), Sinj (180), Split (175), and in Bregi Radobojski in Krapina area (105).

Outside Croatia

At least 45 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (17), the United States (9), Germany (9), Sweden (3), Switzerland (3), France (2), Canada (1), and to Austria (1).
Family name Poljak (including: Polyak , Poliak , Polyakh , Polliack , Poljac , Poljack , Polyack , Polliak and Poliack ) is present in 55 countries worldwide. The family name "Poljak " is used by some 400 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and some 200 people in Slovakia. "Polliack " is used by small number of people in Israel , small number in South Africa , and small number of people in the United States. "Poljack " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Miroslav Poljak, Boris Poljak, Krunoslav Poljak, Branimir Poljak, Sonja Poljak, Ervin Poljak, Gordana Poljak, Ivica Poljak, Joško Poljak, Franjo Poljak, Damir Poljak, Milan Poljak, Ante Poljak, Stipe Poljak, Zlata Poljak, Zdenko Poljak, Hrvoje Poljak, Romina Poljak, Tomislav Poljak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over sixty times, the first time 1750 in source 18th Century Census.

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