Surname Denk in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Denk families are generally Croats (from Vinkovci area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Pozega.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Denk live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Valpovo (<5), Nijemci in Vinkovci area (<5), Karlovac (<5), and in Zapresic (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Denk (including: Dench , Denche , Denck , Denci , Dencha , Denchy , Denq , Dencs and Denc ) is present in 64 countries worldwide. The family name "Denk " is used by some 7000 people in Germany , about 2000 in the United States , and some 2000 people in Turkey. "Denq " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Dench " is used by some 500 people in Great Britain , about 400 in the United States , and some 300 people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Krešimir Denk, Sanja Denk, Ivona Denk, Danko Denk, Marijana Denk, Branko Denk, Draginja Denk, Antun Denk, Đurđica Denk, Gordana Denk, Damir Denk, Mirjana Denk, Goran Denk, Branimir Denk, Terezija Denk, Marija Denk, Bosiljka Denk, Dražen Denk, Ivana Denk

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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