Surname Pražak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Pražak families are Croats (from the Island of Solta ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djakovo area and in Middle Bosnia (Breza area).

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Pražak live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Grohote on the Island of Solta (<5), Bracevci in Djakovo area (<5), and in Rogac on the Island of Solta (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pražak (including: Prazak , Prazsak and Prazhak ) is present in 14 countries worldwide. The family name "Prazak " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 300 in Czech Republic , and some 70 people in Poland.

Characteristic first names

Marina Pražak, Dalibor Pražak, Dinko Pražak, Radovan Pražak, Emil Pražak, Dragutin Pražak, Franjo Pražak, Andrija Pražak, Anton Pražak, Slavica Pražak, Eduard Pražak, Josip Pražak, Oliver Pražak, Ervin Pražak, Marika Pražak, Davor Pražak, Danijela Pražak, Marinela Pražak, Dino Pražak

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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