Surname Žabek in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Žabek families are almost entirely Croats (from Oroslavje area ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Novska area.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Žabek live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, two cities and 10 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Lipovljani in Novska area (10), Zlatar (<10), Veleskovec in Oroslavje area (<10), and in Vrbovo in Novi Marof area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Žabek (including: Zabek , Zabec , Zhmabek and Zabeck ) is present in 14 countries worldwide. The family name "Zabek " is used by some 1000 people in Poland , about 200 in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Zabec " is used by some 60 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marijana Žabek, Zvjezdan Žabek, Irena Žabek, Dražen Žabek, Dubravka Žabek, Štefica Žabek, Damir Žabek, Snježana Žabek, Krešimir Žabek, Janko Žabek, Željko Žabek, Josip Žabek, Danica Žabek, Ivanka Žabek, Mladen Žabek, Daniel Žabek, Zdenko Žabek, Ines Žabek, Biserka Žabek

Mentions in sources

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

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