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Surname Žolek in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Žolek families are Croats (from Hrvatska Kostajnica area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Pregrada. In Velika Gora in Pregrada every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Žolek.
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Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Žolek live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Donji Kukuruzari in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (<10), Lucko (<10), Velika Gora (<10), and in Hum na Sutli in Pregrada area (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Žolek (including: Zolek , Zolech ) is present in five countries on three continents. The family name "Zolek " is used by some 100 people in Poland and small number in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Vinko Žolek,
Darko Žolek,
Ivan Žolek,
Josip Žolek,
Nevenka Žolek,
Dubravka Žolek,
Gordana Žolek,
Nikola Žolek,
Tatjana Žolek,
Suzana Žolek,
Marija Žolek,
Ana Žolek,
Stanko Žolek,
Stjepan Žolek,
Antun Žolek,
Nada Žolek,
Josipa Žolek,
Alen Žolek,
Sašo Žolek