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Surname Banek in modern Croatia
Banek families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Varazdin. In Knapić in Ivanec every sixth inhabitant had the family name Banek.
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Prevalence
About 290 people with faimily name Banek live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 320 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 31 other places, mostly in Zagreb (110), Buzin (35), Koprivnica (15), Varazdin (10), and in Vidovec in Varazdin area (<10).
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Outside Croatia
At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (3) and Canada (1).
Family name Banek (including: Baneck , Banec , Banneck , Bannec and Banechuk ) is present in 25 countries worldwide. The family name "Banek " is used by some 800 people in Poland , about 400 in Germany , and some 400 people in the United States. "Baneck " is used by some 200 people in the United States and small number in Germany. "Banneck " is used by small number of people in Germany and small number in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Ljiljana Banek,
Krešimir Banek,
Berislav Banek,
Ljerka Banek,
Mihaela Banek,
Tomislav Banek,
Siniša Banek,
Dubravko Banek,
Ida Banek,
Katarina Banek,
Mirjana Banek,
Ivan Banek,
Vesna Banek,
Mladen Banek,
Marko Banek,
Lučana Banek,
Veljko Banek,
Dragutin Banek,
Stjepan Banek
