Surname Budek in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Budek live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Zagreb (80), Banje Selo (10), Bukevje (10), Dugo Selo (<10), and in Obrezina (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Budek (including: Budeci , Budech , Budec , Budhek , Budhec , Budhecha and Budeck ) is present in 27 countries worldwide. The family name "Budek " is used by some 2000 people in Poland , about 200 in Germany , and some 200 people in the United States. "Budhecha " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Sandra Budek, Martina Budek, Zlatko Budek, Srećko Budek, Danijela Budek, Barica Budek, Blaženka Budek, Tihomir Budek, Dražen Budek, Josip Budek, Dejan Budek, Leonard Budek, Dijana Budek, Ivana Budek, Kristijan Budek, Radojka Budek, Ivica Budek, Slavko Budek, Tomislav Budek

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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