Surname Curek in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Curek families are Croats (from Djurdjevac area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Koprivnica and in Djurdjevac area. In Miholjanec in Djurdjevac area every fiftieth inhabitant had the family name Curek.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Curek live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Miholjanec in Djurdjevac area (<5), Koprivnica (<5), Virje in Djurdjevac area (<5), and in Dobrec (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Curek (including: Zurek , Zureck , Curechi , Churek and Curec ) is present in 36 countries worldwide. The family name "Curek " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Zurek " is used by some 30000 people in Poland , about 6000 in the United States , and some 5000 people in Germany. "Zureck " is used by small number of people in Germany and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zlata Curek, Damir Curek, Nevenka Curek, Mladen Curek, Željka Curek, Ljubica Curek, Katarina Curek, Martin Curek, Ivan Curek, Vladimir Curek, Luka Curek, Filip Curek, Bara Curek, Ivanka Curek, Katica Curek, Roza Curek, Vlado Curek, Štefo Curek

Mentions in sources

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

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