Surname Vojak in modern Croatia

Vojak families are Croats and they are mostly from Karlovac. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and Samobor. In Zadobarje in Karlovac every fourth inhabitant had the family name Vojak.

Prevalence

About 210 people with faimily name Vojak live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 220 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Karlovac (85), Medulin in Pula area (25), Zadobarje (25), Pula (10), and in Cerje (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Vojak (including: Wojak , Voyak , Volyak , Vojack , Voják , Voyack , Volyakh , Vajak and Voiak ) is present in 30 countries worldwide. The family name "Vojak " is used by some 100 people in Czech Republic , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in Germany. "Voyak " is used by small number of people in Ukraine , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Russian Federation. "Vojack " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Danijel Vojak, Boris Vojak, Nataša Vojak, Aleksander Vojak, Krešimir Vojak, Nikola Vojak, Hrvoje Vojak, Marija Vojak, Draga Vojak, Sergio Vojak, Sanja Vojak, Božidar Vojak, Nikolina Vojak, Zdenka Vojak, Zlatko Vojak, Josip Vojak, Ivica Vojak, Mario Vojak, Janko Vojak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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