Surname Bobek in modern Croatia

Bobek families are Croats and they are mostly from Ludbreg area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and in Ludbreg area.

Prevalence

About 330 people with faimily name Bobek live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 270 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 26 cities and 36 other places, mostly in Varazdin (50), Zagreb (40), Velika Veternicka in Lepoglava area (35), Turcin in Varazdin area (30), and in Jakopovec in Ludbreg area (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bobek (including: Bobeck , Bobeche , Bobechko , Boobek , Bobekh and Bobec ) is present in 40 countries worldwide. The family name "Bobek " is used by some 3000 people in Poland , about 1000 in Czech Republic , and some 900 people in the United States. "Bobeck " is used by some 600 people in the United States , about 100 in Sweden , and small number of people in Germany. "Bobec " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dubravka Bobek, Tomo Bobek, Bruno Bobek, Verica Bobek, Petar Bobek, Dunja Bobek, Danijel Bobek, Dijana Bobek, Marko Bobek, Tamara Bobek, Darko Bobek, Ljubica Bobek, Jadranka Bobek, Jelena Bobek, Nikola Bobek, Siniša Bobek, Stjepan Bobek, Josip Bobek, Kristinka Bobek

Mentions in sources

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

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