Šobak families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Zagreb. In Fotez Breg in Ivanec area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Šobak.
Prevalence
About 300 people with faimily name Šobak live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 250 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 45 other places, mostly in Lepoglava (35), Varazdin (30), Zagreb (30), Dobri Zdenci in Donja Stubica area (20), and in Donja Stubica (15).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.