Surname Sadžak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Sadžak families are mainly Croats (from Middle Bosnia ), rarely Serbs, and barely Montenegrins. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Nova Gradiska area. In Strigova in Bosnian Krajina every seventh inhabitant had the family name Sadžak.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Sadžak live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Sisak (10), Nova Gradiska (<10), Rijeka (<10), and in Resetari in Nova Gradiska area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Sadžak (including: Sadzak , Sadak , Sadhak , Sadjak , Sadakh , Sadzhak , Saddak , Saadak , Sadack and Sadahk ) is present in 61 countries worldwide. The family name "Sadzak " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Poland , and small number of people in Canada. "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.

Characteristic first names

Zdravko Sadžak, Jesenko Sadžak, Bojan Sadžak, Siniša Sadžak, Mladen Sadžak, Ozren Sadžak, Stanko Sadžak, Marinko Sadžak, Draško Sadžak, Željka Sadžak, Anita Sadžak, Aleksandra Sadžak, Sabina Sadžak, Roman Sadžak, Sandra Sadžak, Mile Sadžak, Jadranka Sadžak, Vinko Sadžak, Danijel Sadžak

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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