Stričak families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Marof area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Novi Marof area and in Zagreb. In Čanjevo in Novi Marof area every third inhabitant had the family name Stričak.
Prevalence
About 180 people with faimily name Stričak live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent. They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 22 other places, mostly in Canjevo in Novi Marof area (75), Zagreb (30), Sesvete (15), Cakovec (10), and in Novi Marof (10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Stričak (including: Stricak , Strichak ) is present in four countries.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.