Surname Dušek in modern Croatia

Dušek families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Cazma , but often Czechs (from Garesnica area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar and Zagreb. In Hercegovac in Garesnica area every seventieth inhabitant had the family name Dušek.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Dušek live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Sibovac in Daruvar area (10), Bjelovar (<10), Veliki Grdjevac in Grubisno Polje area (<10), and in Kutina (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Dušek (including: Dusek , Duschek , Dushek , Dussek , Dusheck , Dussech , Duszek , Dusseck , Duscheck and Dushlek ) is present in 41 countries worldwide. The family name "Dusek " is used by some 6000 people in Czech Republic , about 4000 in the United States , and some 300 people in Germany. "Dushek " is used by some 200 people in the United States and small number in Ukraine. "Duschek " is used by some 900 people in Germany , about 300 in Austria , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Aleksej Dušek, Tina Dušek, Cornelia Dušek, Dino Dušek, Nataša Dušek, Gabriela Dušek, Hrvoje Dušek, Venco Dušek, Dalibor Dušek, Marina Dušek, Nikolina Dušek, Dario Dušek, Zdenko Dušek, Ksenija Dušek, Tanja Dušek, Davorka Dušek, Anton Dušek, Alojz Dušek, Darko Dušek

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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