Surname Rak in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 870 people with faimily name Rak live in Croatia today, in 350 households. There were 860 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 37 cities and 65 other places, mostly in Sibenik (140), Dubrava kod Sibenika (125), Zagreb (75), Siljakovina (35), and in Velika Gorica (35).

Outside Croatia

Family name Rak (including: Rack , Rakh , Raak , Rachko , Rachki , Rakk , Rachke , Raakh and Rakhha ) is present in 162 countries worldwide. "Rack " is used by some 3000 people in Germany , about 1000 in the United States , and some 400 people in Brazil. "Raak " is used by some 600 people in the United States , about 400 in Germany , and some 200 people in Estonia. "Rachko " is used by some 400 people in Belarus , about 200 in Russian Federation , and some 200 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Aris Rak, Miljenko Rak, Davor Rak, Omer Rak, Miroslav Rak, Nikola Rak, Stjepan Rak, Mijo Rak, Boris Rak, Goran Rak, Dušan Rak, Mladenko Rak, Zvonko Rak, Radislav Rak, Neven Rak, Nada Rak, Nevenka Rak, Marija Rak, Svetinka Rak

Mentions in sources

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

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