Surname Štefek in modern Croatia

Štefek families are Croats and they are mostly from Donja Stubica. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Donja Stubica. In Matenci in Donja Stubica every sixth inhabitant had the family name Štefek.

Prevalence

About 200 people with faimily name Štefek live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 180 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 15 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Matenci (60), Zagreb (50), Donja Stubica (30), Zarovnica (10), and in Bjelovar (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Štefek (including: Stefek , Steffek , Sztefek , Shtefec and Stephek ) is present in 17 countries on four continents. The family name "Stefek " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 200 in Czech Republic , and some 100 people in Poland. "Stephek " is used by few people in the United States. "Steffek " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 300 in Germany , and some 300 people in Slovakia.

Characteristic first names

Ratko Štefek, Tanja Štefek, Ivan Štefek, Bojan Štefek, Dario Štefek, Sanjica Štefek, Željko Štefek, Mladen Štefek, Darko Štefek, Ivana Štefek, Nikola Štefek, Marina Štefek, Marija Štefek, Davor Štefek, Goran Štefek, Željka Štefek, Jadranka Štefek, Tatjana Štefek, Tomislav Štefek

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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