Surname Sirak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Sirak families are Croats (from Garesnica ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Garesnica.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Sirak live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Garesnicki Brestovac (<5), Pula (<5), and in Garesnica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Sirak (including: Sierak , Shirak , Shirack , Sirachuk , Shirakh , Sirack , Siirak , Sirac and Sierack ) is present in 44 countries worldwide. The family name "Sirak " is used by some 20000 people in Ethiopia , about 800 in the United States , and some 800 people in Ukraine. "Sierak " is used by some 400 people in Poland , about 100 in Germany , and some 90 people in the United States. "Sierack " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zdenka Sirak, Nikolina Sirak, Sunčica Sirak, Ivan Sirak, Mira Sirak, Zlatko Sirak, Nikola Sirak, Manuela Sirak, Dejan Sirak, Bojan Sirak, Hrvoje Sirak, Marica Sirak, Antun Sirak, Katarina Sirak, Ljubica Sirak

Mentions in sources

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

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