Surname Šarac in modern Croatia

Šarac families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Beli Manastir area. According to some sources they are from Kastel Kambelovac. U manjem broju can be Serbs, and Bosniaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Herzegovina (Ljubuski area). In Mandino Selo in Western Bosnia every sixth inhabitant had the family name Šarac.

Prevalence

About 810 people with faimily name Šarac live in Croatia today, in 340 households. There were 730 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 55 cities and 78 other places, mostly in Zagreb (140), Split (65), Kucice (65), Osijek (50), and in Kastel Kambelovac (35).

Outside Croatia

At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (2), the United States (2), Austria (1), Canada (1), Norway (1), and to France (1).
Family name Šarac (including: Sarac , Sharaz , Saraz , Sarach , Sharac , Saracci , Sarrach , Sharazz , Schadrac and Szarach ) is present in 62 countries worldwide. "Sharac " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Sharazz " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Sarrach " is used by some 90 people in the United States , about 60 in Germany , and some 50 people in Poland.

Characteristic first names

Helena Šarac, Dušan Šarac, Ivan Šarac, Lidija Šarac, Mirela Šarac, Mislav Šarac, Nevenka Šarac, Marija Šarac, Mirna Šarac, Frano Šarac, Željko Šarac, Stanko Šarac, Marijana Šarac, Dijana Šarac, Sanja Šarac, Neven Šarac, Vedran Šarac, Denis Šarac, Ivana Šarac

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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