Surname Vučak in modern Croatia

Vučak families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Omis area , barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Omis area and in Sibenik.

Prevalence

About 580 people with faimily name Vučak live in Croatia today, in 240 households. There were 490 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 41 cities and 57 other places, mostly in Cista Velika in Omis area (70), Split (70), Vodice (60), Zagreb (45), and in Sibenik (30).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (2), the United States (1), Austria (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Vučak (including: Vucak , Vuchak and Wucak ) is present in 15 countries on four continents. "Vuchak " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Wucak " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Slavko Vučak, Zoran Vučak, Stipan Vučak, Marko Vučak, Ivica Vučak, Dražen Vučak, Jelena Vučak, Ivan Vučak, Miler Vučak, Sandra Vučak, Goran Vučak, Jerko Vučak, Marijan Vučak, Mirela Vučak, Iva Vučak, Marjan Vučak, Davorka Vučak, Grozdan Vučak, Snježana Vučak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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