Surname Straka in modern Croatia

Straka families are Croats and they are mostly from Slatina area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slatina area and in Orahovica.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Straka live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Staro Petrovo Polje in Slatina area (15), Komiza on the Island of Vis (<10), Zagreb (<10), Orahovica (<10), and in Ernestinovo in Osijek area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Straka (including: Straccia , Strachota , Strakha , Stracka , Strachina , Stracca , Sztraka , Strachila and Straca ) is present in 49 countries worldwide. The family name "Straka " is used by some 4000 people in Czech Republic , about 3000 in the United States , and some 2000 people in Slovakia. "Stracka " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Italy , and small number of people in Germany. "Straccia " is used by some 800 people in Italy , about 200 in Argentina , and some 200 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Snježana Straka, Nino Straka, Kristijan Straka, Slaven Straka, Ernest Straka, Tihomir Straka, Dijana Straka, Karolina Straka, Ema Straka, Stjepan Straka, Gordan Straka, Jadranka Straka, Ivan Straka, Brigita Straka, Zdenko Straka, Mario Straka, Dinko Straka, Josip Straka, Jozef Straka

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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