Surname Čorak in modern Croatia

Čorak families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Otocac area. According to some sources they are from Vrhovine, very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Otocac area. In Vrhovine in Otocac area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Čorak.

Prevalence

About 880 people with faimily name Čorak live in Croatia today, in 400 households. There were 790 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 51 cities and 81 other places, mostly in Zagreb (190), Vukovar (60), Sesvete (55), Rijeka (40), and in Karlovac (40).

Outside Croatia

At least 15 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (8), Canada (4), the United States (2), and to Australia (1).
Family name Čorak (including: Corak , Chorak , Coraci , Corac , Chiborak , Corack , Cheborak , Corakh , Chyborak and Chorack ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. The family name "Corak " is used by some 200 people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Chorak " is used by some 300 people in the United States and small number in Iran. "Corack " is used by small number of people in France and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Duško Čorak, Josip Čorak, Tomislav Čorak, Sanda Čorak, Maja Čorak, Ljerka Čorak, Željka Čorak, Željko Čorak, Milan Čorak, Mile Čorak, Igor Čorak, Jure Čorak, Neven Čorak, Vedran Čorak, Krešimir Čorak, Dubravko Čorak, Marija Čorak, Nikola Čorak, Ivica Čorak

Mentions in sources

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

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