Surname Štefanek in modern Croatia

Štefanek families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Varazdin. In Piškovec in Krizevci area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Štefanek.

Prevalence

About 280 people with faimily name Štefanek live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 260 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 25 cities and 22 other places, mostly in Zagreb (75), Lepoglava (35), Cadjavica in Slatina area (15), Hrastovsko (10), and in Osijek (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Štefanek (including: Stefanek , Stefanec , Stephanek , Stefanech and Stefaneck ) is present in 27 countries worldwide. The family name "Stefanek " is used by some 2000 people in Poland , about 1000 in Slovakia , and some 900 people in the United States. "Stephanek " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Stefaneck " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Emil Štefanek, Željko Štefanek, Blaž Štefanek, Vladimir Štefanek, Dražen Štefanek, Dubravko Štefanek, Jasna Štefanek, Ivan Štefanek, Zrinka Štefanek, Aleksandra Štefanek, Vedran Štefanek, Štefan Štefanek, Tanja Štefanek, Sandra Štefanek, Dean Štefanek, Branimir Štefanek, Ivica Štefanek, Goran Štefanek, Danijel Štefanek

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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