Surname Turak in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Turak live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are only located in in 10 Croatian cities and 11 other places, mostly in Rijeka (35), Kastav (25), Velika Gorica (<10), Matulji in Opatija area (<10), and in Brncici (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (3), the United States (2), and to Australia (1).
Family name Turak (including: Turaci , Turack , Turach , Tuerack , Turac , Turachak , Thurak , Turák and Turakh ) is present in 34 countries worldwide. The family name "Turak " is used by some 3000 people in Turkey , about 300 in the United States , and some 300 people in Slovakia. "Turack " is used by some 80 people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Tuerack " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dolores Turak, Slavko Turak, Vojmir Turak, Dejan Turak, Anđa Turak, Rajko Turak, Budimir Turak, Brita Turak, Nikolina Turak, Eva Turak, Daniel Turak, Siniša Turak, Dean Turak, Dorijan Turak, Ana Turak, Jadranka Turak, Valter Turak, Marija Turak, Daliborka Turak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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