Surname Rajak in modern Croatia

Rajak families are often Serbs and they are mostly from Glina area , less frequently Croats. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Ogulin. In Donja Gata in Cazins Region (Bosnia) every eighth inhabitant had the family name Rajak.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Rajak live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Vukovar (20), Zagreb (15), Virovitica (10), Gvozd in Glina area (<10), and in Pula (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Rajak (including: Rajjak , Rayak , Rajack , Rajhak , Rajaak , Rajakh , Rajakk , Rayack and Rrajak ) is present in 56 countries worldwide. "Rayak " is used by some 100 people in Russian Federation , small number in Germany , and small number of people in the United States. "Rayack " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Elvira Rajak, Vladimir Rajak, Nebojša Rajak, Josipa Rajak, Darko Rajak, Ivana Rajak, Milorad Rajak, Sanjin Rajak, Neven Rajak, Dragutin Rajak, Marijana Rajak, Dražena Rajak, Nikolina Rajak, Dušanka Rajak, Martina Rajak, Svetlana Rajak, Miroslav Rajak, Jelena Rajak, Đuro Rajak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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