Surname Drožđek in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 200 people with faimily name Drožđek live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, four cities and 17 other places, mostly in Sracinec in Varazdin area (90), Varazdin (60), in Svibovec Podravski (<10) and Bartolovec (<10) in Varazdin area, and in Zagreb (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Drožđek (including: Drozdek , Drozdjek and Drozdeck ) is present in 18 countries worldwide. "Drozdek " is used by some 1000 people in Poland , about 200 in Czech Republic , and some 200 people in the United States. "Drozdeck " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zvonko Drožđek, Tanja Drožđek, Žarko Drožđek, Dalibor Drožđek, Marina Drožđek, Lidija Drožđek, Boris Drožđek, Vladimir Drožđek, Željko Drožđek, Ivana Drožđek, Velimir Drožđek, Mirko Drožđek, Andrej Drožđek, Pavao Drožđek, Katarina Drožđek, Mihael Drožđek, Damir Drožđek, Mihaela Drožđek, Krunoslav Drožđek

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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