Surname Božek.

  • Surname Božek in modern Croatia

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

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  • Prevalence

    About 130 people with faimily name Božek live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
    They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Zagreb (50), Prelog (45), Cakovec (10), Koprivnica (<10), and in Otok (<10).

  • Outside Croatia


    Family name Božek (including: Bozek , Bozec , Bozhek and Bozeck ) is present in 30 countries worldwide. The family name "Bozek " is used by some 3000 people in Poland , about 1000 in the United States , and some 200 people in Germany. "Bozec " is used by some 2000 people in France , about 80 in Canada , and small number of people in the United States.

  • Characteristic first names

    Tomislav Božek, Sanja Božek, Terezija Božek, Ivan Božek, Goran Božek, Irena Božek, Marijan Božek, Ivanka Božek, Valentina Božek, Ljiljana Božek, Darinka Božek, Dubravka Božek, Maja Božek, Zoran Božek, Stjepan Božek, Miljenko Božek, Josip Božek, Matejka Božek, Jelena Božek

  • Last name Božek around the globe

    See the countries where surname Božek is common, frequency and prevalence at mondonomo.ai

  • Mentions in sources

    In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1769 in source 18th Century Census.

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