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Surname Valaško in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Valaško families are Croats (from Krizevci area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Krizevci area and in Novi Marof area. In Podvinje Miholečko in Krizevci area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Valaško.
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Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Valaško live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and 7 other places, mostly in Kusijevec in Krizevci area (<10), Zagreb (<10), Dugo Selo (<5), Peteranec in Koprivnica area (<5), and in Brezje Miholecko in Krizevci area (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Valaško (including: Valasko , Valasco , Valashko , Valascho and Walasko ) is present in 15 countries on four continents. The family name "Valasko " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Czech Republic. "Valasco " is used by some 200 people in Brazil , about 100 in the United States , and some 70 people in Colombia. "Valascho " is used by some 60 people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Dragutin Valaško,
Ivančica Valaško,
Željko Valaško,
Stjepan Valaško,
Štefica Valaško,
Zlatica Valaško,
Mladen Valaško,
Iva Valaško,
Katarina Valaško,
Dragan Valaško,
Josip Valaško,
Marija Valaško,
Ankica Valaško,
Ivica Valaško,
Ivan Valaško,
Dragica Valaško,
Marica Valaško,
Mira Valaško,
Mirko Valaško