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Surname Častek in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Častek families are mainly Croats (from Garesnica area ), rarely Czechs (from Daruvar ), and barely Hungarians (from Daruvar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pakrac and Daruvar.
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Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Častek live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Daruvar (15), Zagreb (10), Sukosan in Zadar area (<10), Hercegovac in Garesnica area (<10), and in Grubisno Polje (<5).
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Outside Croatia
At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Častek (including: Chwastek , Chastek , Castek , Ciastek , Cástek , Chvastek , Chrzastek , Czastek , Chrastek and Castech ) is present in 21 countries worldwide. The family name "Castek " is used by some 80 people in the United States and small number in Czech Republic. "Chastek " is used by some 200 people in the United States. "Chwastek " is used by some 2000 people in Poland , about 70 in the United States , and small number of people in Germany.
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Characteristic first names
Dubravko Častek,
Petar Častek,
Lidie Častek,
Vitomir Častek,
Mladen Častek,
Vencl Častek,
Đurđa Častek,
Dragan Častek,
Boris Častek,
Iva Častek,
Jurica Častek,
Daša Častek,
Krunoslav Častek,
Željko Častek,
Dalibor Častek,
Kornelija Častek,
Saša Častek,
Ančica Častek,
Milivoj Častek
