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Surname Žak in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Žak families are generally Croats (from Bjelovar ), very rarely Ukrainians (from Vukovar ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Bjelovar.
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Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Žak live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Bjelovar (10), Jazvenik (<10), Vukovar (<5), and in Nova Gradiska (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Žak (including: Zak , Zack , Zhak , Zhmak , Zakh , Zhakh , Zakk , Zsak , Zaak and Zhvak ) is present in 125 countries worldwide. The family name "Zak " is used by some 60000 people in Poland , about 30000 in the United States , and some 20000 people in Czech Republic. "Zack " is used by some 8000 people in the United States , about 6000 in Malaysia , and some 2000 people in Indonesia. "Zsak " is used by small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Velimir Žak,
Dario Žak,
Ivan Žak,
Drago Žak,
Jaroslav Žak,
Aneta Žak,
Darko Žak,
Bruno Žak,
Vlasta Žak,
Damir Žak,
Željko Žak,
Irena Žak,
Danijela Žak,
Marija Žak,
Ankica Žak,
Dubravka Žak,
Zlatko Žak,
Lidija Žak,
Marko Žak
