Surname Varićak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Varićak families are mainly Serbs, less frequently Croats (from Slunj area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Gospic area. In Oravac in Otocac area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Varićak.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Varićak live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Vukovar (<5), Jarmina in Vinkovci area (<5), Mlakva in Gospic area (<5), and in Zadar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Varićak (including: Varichak , Varicak and Warichak ) is present in 7 countries on two continents. The family name "Varicak " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in France. "Varichak " is used by some 100 people in the United States. "Warichak " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vojislav Varićak, Goran Varićak, Ljubomir Varićak, Teodor Varićak, Vladimir Varićak, Milan Varićak, Mirjana Varićak, Sanja Varićak, Stela Varićak, Bogdan Varićak, Milena Varićak, Željko Varićak, Gorana Varićak, Saša Varićak, Bojan Varićak, Vedran Varićak, Zorislav Varićak, Branko Varićak, Simo Varićak

Mentions in sources

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

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