Surname Čolak in modern Croatia

Čolak families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Nin area. According to some sources they are from Herzegovina, rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Ljubuski area) and in Herzegovina (Siroki Brijeg area). In Krneza in Nin area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Čolak.

Prevalence

About 770 people with faimily name Čolak live in Croatia today, in 340 households. There were 330 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 46 cities and 61 other places, mostly in Zagreb (210), Zadar (95), Split (80), Sesvete (35), and in Krneza in Nin area (35).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čolak (including: Cholak , Colak , Collak , Cholakh , Ciolak , Csolak , Cholack , Chollak , Czollak and Czolak ) is present in 47 countries worldwide. The family name "Colak " is used by some 9000 people in Turkey , about 700 in Germany , and some 300 people in the United States. "Cholack " is used by small number of people in Canada and small number in the United States. "Collak " is used by some 300 people in Turkey , about 300 in Slovakia , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Božo Čolak, Ivan Čolak, Zvonimir Čolak, Željko Čolak, Slaven Čolak, Sanja Čolak, Ivana Čolak, Zoran Čolak, Gojko Čolak, Miloslav Čolak, Andrija Čolak, Petra Čolak, Krešimir Čolak, Helena Čolak, Petar Čolak, Iva Čolak, Anđelko Čolak, Mario Čolak, Filip Čolak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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