Surname Zarač in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Zarač families are mainly Croats (from Dubrovnik ), less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik. In Zvjerinac in Knin area every thirtieth inhabitant had the family name Zarač.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Zarač live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and two other places, mostly in Dubrovnik (<10), Zaton (<5), Plavno (<5), Solin (<5), and in Zaton (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Zarač (including: Zaracho , Zarac , Zarach , Zarache , Zarack and Zaracha ) is present in 26 countries worldwide. "Zarach " is used by some 90 people in Poland , about 70 in the United States , and small number of people in Hungary. "Zarack " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Zaracha " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nikola Zarač, Goran Zarač, Antonija Zarač, Kate Zarač, Marijana Zarač, Nives Zarač, Gorjana Zarač, Violeta Zarač, Miljana Zarač, Zoran Zarač, Ana Zarač, Đuro Zarač, Mirko Zarač, Đurđija Zarač, Stevan Zarač, Bosiljka Zarač, Marija Zarač, Momčilo Zarač, Mirjana Zarač

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1926 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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