Surname Burec in modern Croatia

Burec families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Marof area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Novi Marof area. In Mirkovec Breznički in Novi Marof area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Burec.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Burec live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties and 12 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Mirkovec Breznicki in Novi Marof area (<10), Lonjica (<10), Dulepska (<10), and in Hudovo in Sveti Ivan Zelina area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (5) and Canada (1).
Family name Burec (including: Buretz , Burez , Burech and Buerez ) is present in 8 countries on four continents. The family name "Burec " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Buretz " is used by some 60 people in the United States. "Buerez " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dragutin Burec, Tomislav Burec, Dijana Burec, Anica Burec, Davor Burec, Štefica Burec, Miljenko Burec, Ivan Burec, Stjepan Burec, Nada Burec, Valentina Burec, Marina Burec, Ivana Burec, Melita Burec, Božica Burec, Franjo Burec, Đuro Burec, Zdravko Burec, Kristina Burec

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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