Surname Šturbek in modern Croatia

Šturbek families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Marof area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Novi Marof area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Šturbek live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Sesvete (10), in Presecno Visocko (10) and Vuksinec Rijecki (10) in Novi Marof area, and in Krizevci (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šturbek (including: Sturbek , Sturbeck ) is present in four countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Franjo Šturbek, Božidar Šturbek, Zoran Šturbek, Josip Šturbek, Zdravko Šturbek, Stjepan Šturbek, Dražen Šturbek, Sanela Šturbek, Dinko Šturbek, Dejan Šturbek, Danijela Šturbek, Dubravka Šturbek, Željko Šturbek, Robert Šturbek, Ivan Šturbek, Zora Šturbek, Ksenija Šturbek, Tomislav Šturbek, Goran Šturbek

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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