Surname Zubak in modern Croatia

Zubak families are Croats and they are mostly from Benkovac area or Obrovca. According to some sources they are from Hrvatskog zagorja (selo Šimunci). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Derventa area) and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 1000 people with faimily name Zubak live in Croatia today, in 410 households. There were 370 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 50 cities and 80 other places, mostly in Zagreb (250), Slavonski Brod (125), Sesvete (65), Zadar (60), and in Jasenice in Benkovac area (25).

Outside Croatia

At least 17 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (11), Sweden (2), the United States (1), Canada (1), France (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Zubak (including: Zubac , Zubach , Zuback , Zubacz , Zubachek , Zubaci , Zubachik , Zubachuk and Zubakh ) is present in 36 countries worldwide. The family name "Zubak " is used by some 700 people in Ukraine , about 300 in the United States , and some 300 people in Slovakia. "Zuback " is used by some 200 people in the United States and about 50 in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Ivana Zubak, Pavo Zubak, Ankica Zubak, Mario Zubak, Ivan Zubak, Jure Zubak, Igor Zubak, Srećko Zubak, Saša Zubak, Dubravka Zubak, Marina Zubak, Žaklina Zubak, Anto Zubak, Monika Zubak, Josip Zubak, Zvonko Zubak, Suzana Zubak, Tomislav Zubak, Petar Zubak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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