Surname Židovec in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Židovec families are Croats (from Djurdjevac area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djurdjevac area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Židovec live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and four other places, mostly in Novo Virje in Djurdjevac area (15), Zagreb (<10), Virje in Djurdjevac area (<5), Adamovec (<5), and in Jesenovec (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and Canada (1).
Family name Židovec is present in three countries on two continents. The family name "Zidovec " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Zdravko Židovec, Kristina Židovec, Rajko Židovec, Snježana Židovec, Danijel Židovec, Franjo Židovec, Dario Židovec, Stjepan Židovec, Branimir Židovec, Dušan Židovec, Ernest Židovec, Ivana Židovec, Hrvoje Židovec, Mijo Židovec, Vladimir Židovec, Anica Židovec, Ida Židovec, Nikolina Židovec, Sanja Židovec

Mentions in sources

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

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