Surname Šantek in modern Croatia

Šantek families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Marof. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Varazdin. In places Krč and Strmec Remetinečki in Novi Marof every seventh inhabitant had the family name Šantek.

Prevalence

About 1000 people with faimily name Šantek live in Croatia today, in 410 households. There were 1100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 36 cities and 89 other places, mostly in Zagreb (240), Varazdin (70), Krc (55), Cakovec (40), and in Vidovec in Varazdin area (40).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (3), Argentina (1), the United States (1), and to Spain (1).
Family name Šantek (including: Santek , Schantek , Santec and Santeq ) is present in 8 countries on four continents. The family name "Santek " is used by some 100 people in the United States. "Schantek " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Fedor Šantek, Renata Šantek, Božidar Šantek, Vjeročka Šantek, Damir Šantek, Tomislav Šantek, Marica Šantek, Ivan Šantek, Kata Šantek, Ivica Šantek, Mladen Šantek, Goran Šantek, Miljenko Šantek, Zoran Šantek, Danijela Šantek, Rudolf Šantek, Zvonko Šantek, Aleksandra Šantek, Darko Šantek

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1701 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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