Surname Dodlek in modern Croatia

Dodlek families are Croats and they are mostly from Cakovec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and in Cakovec area.

Prevalence

About 220 people with faimily name Dodlek live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 30 other places, mostly in Belica (50) and Drzimurec (30) in Cakovec area, Zagreb (15), Cakovec (15), and in Petlovac in Beli Manastir area (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Dodlek is present in 6 countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Dražen Dodlek, Sonja Dodlek, Vesna Dodlek, Zlatko Dodlek, Valerija Dodlek, Davor Dodlek, Katica Dodlek, Josip Dodlek, Renato Dodlek, Mirjan Dodlek, Ivan Dodlek, Vlado Dodlek, Krunoslav Dodlek, Renata Dodlek, Mario Dodlek, Krešo Dodlek, Branka Dodlek, Mirela Dodlek, Božidar Dodlek

Mentions in sources

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

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