Surname Baštek in modern Croatia

Baštek families are Croats and they are mostly from Vrbovca. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrbovec and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Baštek live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Vrbovec (20), Dvor in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (15), Zagreb (<10), Krizevci (<10), and in Velika Gorica (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Baštek (including: Bastek , Basteck ) is present in 11 countries worldwide. The family name "Bastek " is used by some 1000 people in Poland , about 500 in the United States , and some 200 people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Bosiljka Baštek, Mato Baštek, Duško Baštek, Krunoslav Baštek, Ana Baštek, Ivan Baštek, Goran Baštek, Dijana Baštek, Ljiljana Baštek, Igor Baštek, Slaven Baštek, Alen Baštek, Željka Baštek, Blaž Baštek, Anka Baštek, Davor Baštek, Gordana Baštek, Josip Baštek, Antun Baštek

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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