Surname Sadak in modern Croatia

Sadak families are Croats and they are mostly from Jastrebarsko area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sisak and Cazma. In Velika Jamnička in Jastrebarsko area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Sadak.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Sadak live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and 13 other places, mostly in Hrastelnica (10), Velika Jamnicka in Jastrebarsko area (<10), Zagreb (<10), Sisak (<10), and in Pisarovina in Jastrebarsko area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Sadak (including: Sadhak , Sadaq , Sadac , Sadakh , Shadak , Saddak , Sadack , Sadahk and Sadhakh ) is present in 56 countries worldwide. "Sadhak " is used by some 1000 people in Bangladesh and small number in the United States. "Sadac " is used by some 500 people in the Philippines , small number in Romania , and small number of people in the United States. "Shaddak " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mato Sadak, Neno Sadak, Dragana Sadak, Barica Sadak, Josip Sadak, Mijo Sadak, Stjepan Sadak, Vlado Sadak, Ljubica Sadak, Danijela Sadak, Mario Sadak, Ivica Sadak, Magdalena Sadak, Ferdo Sadak, Franjo Sadak, Mirna Sadak, Ivan Sadak, Milan Sadak, Anica Sadak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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