Surname Pollak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Pollak families are generally Croats (from Obrovac area ), very rarely Slovenes (from Zagreb ), and barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Osijek.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Pollak live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Osijek (<10), Golubic (<5), Varazdin (<5), and in Bilje in Osijek area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pollak (including: Pollack , Pollaci , Pollach , Pollacci , Pollachi , Pollák and Pollac ) is present in 70 countries worldwide. The family name "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. "Pollaci " is used by some 200 people in Italy , about 100 in the United States , and some 70 people in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Oskar Pollak, Branko Pollak, Davor Pollak, Lea Pollak, Hrvoje Pollak, Zlatan Pollak, Zlatko Pollak, Viktorie Pollak, Karmen Pollak, Ružica Pollak, Saša Pollak, Marijan Pollak, Jure Pollak, Vladimir Pollak, Darko Pollak, Marko Pollak, Reuven Pollak, Snježana Pollak, Branka Pollak

Mentions in sources

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

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