Elek families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Vinkovci area , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vinkovci area and in Sinj.
Prevalence
About 110 people with faimily name Elek live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and four other places, mostly in Otok in Sinj area (65), Split (25), Zagreb (<5), Rijeka (<5), and in Osijek (<5).
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.