Surname Težak in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 610 people with faimily name Težak live in Croatia today, in 240 households. There were 640 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 23 cities and 66 other places, mostly in Zagreb (115), Vidovec in Varazdin area (60), Varazdin (55), Bedenec (25), and in Jerovec (25).

Outside Croatia

At least 14 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (6), France (2), Germany (2), Canada (1), the United States (1), Austria (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Težak (including: Tezak , Tezack ) is present in five countries on two continents. The family name "Tezak " is used by some 700 people in the United States and small number in Germany. "Tezack " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Miroslav Težak, Dubravka Težak, Stanko Težak, Branko Težak, Nenad Težak, Stjepan Težak, Spomenka Težak, Sven Težak, Dejan Težak, Krunoslav Težak, Božidar Težak, Ljubica Težak, Ivo Težak, Denis Težak, Jasenka Težak, Goran Težak, Đurđica Težak, Jožef Težak, Lucijan Težak

Mentions in sources

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

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