Zovak families are Croats and they are mostly from Zupanja area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Ljubuski area) and in Zupanja area.
Prevalence
About 250 people with faimily name Zovak live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 23 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Zagreb (75), Zupanja (35), Slavonski Brod (30), Osijek (20), and in Vrbanja in Zupanja area (15).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.