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).
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.