Surname Djurek in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Djurek families are Croats (from Oroslavje area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Virovitica.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Djurek live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in only two Croatian places: in Zlatar-Bistrica in Oroslavje area (<5) and Veliki Grdjevac in Grubisno Polje area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Djurek is present in two countries.

Characteristic first names

Nikola Djurek, Krešo Djurek, Ivan Djurek, Marko Djurek, Igor Djurek, Vjera Djurek, Vesna Djurek, Bara Djurek, Ivana Djurek, Josip Djurek, Ljudevit Djurek, Marija Djurek, Vinko Djurek

Mentions in sources

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

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