Višak families are Croats and they are mostly from Krizevci area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Krizevci area and in Koprivnica. In Hižanovec in Krizevci area every second inhabitant had the family name Višak.
Prevalence
About 290 people with faimily name Višak live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 380 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 37 other places, mostly in Krizevci (55), Hizanovec in Krizevci area (45), Cubinec (20), Ljubelj in Varazdin area (20), and in Mali Losinj on the Island of Losinj (15).
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.