Surname Cahunek in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Cahunek live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Koprivnica (25), Zagreb (15), Varazdin (10), Molve in Djurdjevac area (<10), and in Nova Kapela in Vrbovec area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Cahunek is present in three countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Marija Cahunek, Mladen Cahunek, Vesna Cahunek, Matija Cahunek, Josip Cahunek, Zdravko Cahunek, Zlatko Cahunek, Velimir Cahunek, Verona Cahunek, Sandra Cahunek, Marijan Cahunek, Miroslav Cahunek, Branka Cahunek, Stjepan Cahunek, Ajiša Cahunek, Lidija Cahunek, Kristina Cahunek, Štefica Cahunek, Ljuba Cahunek

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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