Surname Eck in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Eck families are Croats (from Pakrac ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pakrac.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Eck live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Pakrac (<10), Prekopakra (<5), and in Osijek (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Eck (including: Ecca , Ecco , Ecce , Eccu , Ecci , Ecchi , Eeck , Ecche and Ecc ) is present in 100 countries worldwide. The family name "Eck " is used by some 9000 people in the United States , about 6000 in Germany , and some 1000 people in South Africa. "Eeck " is used by few people in the United States. "Ecci " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ruža Eck, Franjo Eck, Vlado Eck, Josip Eck, Davor Eck, Stefan Eck, Julijana Eck, Vlatka Eck, Igor Eck, Francois Eck, Kata Eck, Marija Eck, Helena Eck, Dragutin Eck, Antoinette Eck, Eugen Eck, Janos Eck, Reiner Eck

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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