In Croatia, Dežđek families are almost entirely Croats (from Mursko Sredisce area ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and in Mursko Sredisce area.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Dežđek live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 0 percent. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Kotoriba in Prelog area (10), in Gornji Zebanec (<10) and Plesivica (<10) in Mursko Sredisce area, and in Gabajeva Greda in Koprivnica area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Dežđek is present in two countries on two continents.
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.