Surname Čihak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Čihak families are mainly Croats (from Daruvar area ), less frequently Czechs (from Pakrac ), and very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Daruvar area and in Pakrac.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Čihak live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 90 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and two other places, mostly in Sesvete (<10), Pakrac (<10), Zagreb (<5), Daruvar (<5), and in Veliki Zdenci (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čihak (including: Cihak , Chihak , Cihák , Chichak , Czihak , Chichwak , Cichák , Tschiniak , Cihac and Chaichak ) is present in 16 countries worldwide. The family name "Cihak " is used by some 700 people in the United States and small number in Austria. "Chihak " is used by some 200 people in the United States. "Cihac " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Miroslav Čihak, Drahouš Čihak, Melita Čihak, Tihomir Čihak, Karla Čihak, Nada Čihak, Mirela Čihak, Mario Čihak, Vlasta Čihak, Ljiljana Čihak, Veno Čihak, Robert Čihak, Ines Čihak, Josef Čihak, Jaroslav Čihak, Dubravka Čihak, Zlatko Čihak, Oliver Čihak, Krešimir Čihak

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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