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Surname Brlek in modern Croatia
Brlek families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Varazdin. In Lukavec in Ivanec every fourth inhabitant had the family name Brlek.
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Prevalence
About 740 people with faimily name Brlek live in Croatia today, in 310 households. There were 750 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 35 cities and 81 other places, mostly in Zagreb (160), Varazdin (90), Jertovec in Zlatar area (60), Dedina in Krizevci area (40), and in Karivaros in Donja Stubica area (30).
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Outside Croatia
At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (4), Sweden (1), Austria (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Brlek (including: Berlec , Brlec and Berlek ) is present in 17 countries on four continents.
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Characteristic first names
Zvjezdan Brlek,
Damir Brlek,
Vlasta Brlek,
Krešimir Brlek,
Tomislav Brlek,
Zlatko Brlek,
Dalibor Brlek,
Martina Brlek,
Davor Brlek,
Predrag Brlek,
Dražen Brlek,
Zdravko Brlek,
Vesna Brlek,
Grant Brlek,
Matija Brlek,
Renata Brlek,
Ivica Brlek,
Dario Brlek,
Josip Brlek
