Surname Čavrak in modern Croatia

Čavrak families are Croats and they are mostly from Ogulin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sisak and in Ogulin area. In Gorinci in Ogulin area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Čavrak.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Čavrak live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 210 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Mahovo in Sisak area (15), Letovanic in Petrinja area (15), Sisak (10), and in Rijeka (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least nine families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Sweden (4), the United States (3), Argentina (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Čavrak (including: Chawrak , Cavrak and Chavrak ) is present in 9 countries on four continents. The family name "Cavrak " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Austria , and small number of people in Sweden. "Chavrak " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Boris Čavrak, Vladimir Čavrak, Marko Čavrak, Igor Čavrak, Darko Čavrak, Željko Čavrak, Ivica Čavrak, Verica Čavrak, Dinka Čavrak, Mato Čavrak, Stjepan Čavrak, Kristijan Čavrak, Goran Čavrak, Branko Čavrak, Tihomir Čavrak, Daliborka Čavrak, Martina Čavrak, Petra Čavrak, Franjo Čavrak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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