Surname Puđak in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Puđak live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and 7 other places, mostly in Sesvete (35), Zagreb (20), Dobrodol (<10), Belovar (<5), and in Kasina (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Puđak (including: Pudak , Pudjak , Pudiak , Pudyak and Pudack ) is present in 9 countries on three continents. "Pudiak " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Puđak, Božidar Puđak, Vladimir Puđak, Jelena Puđak, Željko Puđak, Matea Puđak, Damir Puđak, Franka Puđak, Karmena Puđak, Robert Puđak, Mario Puđak, Gordan Puđak, Dubravko Puđak, Renata Puđak, Nenad Puđak, Maja Puđak, Stjepan Puđak, Ljubica Puđak, Marko Puđak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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