Surname Repac in modern Croatia

Repac families are podjednako Croats (the family name originates from Cazinska Krajina Region , Bosnia) and Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Obrovac area and in Gospic. In places Gornji Štrbci and Nebljusi in Obrovac area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Repac.

Prevalence

About 160 people with faimily name Repac live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 220 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 24 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Nebljusi in Obrovac area (50), Zagreb (30), Rijeka (10), Sisak (<10), and in Split (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Repac (including: Repác , Repaz ) is present in 20 countries worldwide. The family name "Repac " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Russian Federation , and small number of people in Canada. "Repaz " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vinko Repac, Boris Repac, Nataša Repac, Daniel Repac, Damir Repac, Živko Repac, Tina Repac, Zdravka Repac, Dario Repac, Milan Repac, Danijel Repac, Marko Repac, Mira Repac, Snježana Repac, Ivona Repac, Marina Repac, Stanko Repac, Mario Repac, Armina Repac

Mentions in sources

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

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