Surname Židak in modern Croatia

Židak families are Croats and they are mostly from Sveti Ivan Zelina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Sveti Ivan Zelina.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Židak live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are only located in in 7 Croatian cities and 19 other places, mostly in Sesvete (20), Zagreb (15), Nespes (<10), Blaskovec (<10), and in Desno Trebarjevo in Sisak area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Židak (including: Zidak , Zhidak , Zydak and Zidack ) is present in 10 countries on four continents. The family name "Zidak " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Australia. "Zidack " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Grozdan Židak, Goran Židak, Zdravko Židak, Jasna Židak, Jadranka Židak, Marijan Židak, Stjepan Židak, Darko Židak, Romana Židak, Željko Židak, Marcel Židak, Josip Židak, Kristina Židak, Dubravka Židak, Ivica Židak, Tihana Židak, Tomo Židak, Vladimir Židak, Damir Židak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1769 in source 18th Century Census.

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