Surname Romac in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 450 people with faimily name Romac live in Croatia today, in 160 households. There were 290 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Glavice (210), Sinj (115), Zagreb (70), Split (40), and in Semeljci in Djakovo area (10).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Romac (including: Romach , Romatz , Romaz and Romacz ) is present in 27 countries worldwide. The family name "Romac " is used by some 200 people in France , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in Brazil. "Romatz " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Thailand , and small number of people in Ecuador. "Romach " is used by some 200 people in Morocco , about 100 in Israel , and some 50 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Goran Romac, Pavle Romac, Ivana Romac, Ante Romac, Rinaldo Romac, Neda Romac, Željko Romac, Danica Romac, Tanja Romac, Nada Romac, Dražan Romac, Žarko Romac, Slobodan Romac, Gregor Romac, Krešimir Romac, Saša Romac, Martina Romac, Vedrana Romac, Nenad Romac

Mentions in sources

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

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