Surname Eršek in modern Croatia

Eršek families are Croats and they are mostly from Oroslavje area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Oroslavje area. In places Donja Bistra and Oborovo Bistransko in Oroslavje area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Eršek.

Prevalence

About 230 people with faimily name Eršek live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Donja Bistra in Oroslavje area (65), Zagreb (60), in Oborovo Bistransko (20) and Gornja Bistra (15) in Oroslavje area, and in Lobor in Zlatar area (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Eršek (including: Ersek , Érsek , Hersek , Ershek , Erssek , Hershek and Erschek ) is present in 21 countries worldwide. The family name "Ersek " is used by some 300 people in the United States. "Ershek " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Hershek " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vesna Eršek, Božidar Eršek, Goran Eršek, Damir Eršek, Stjepan Eršek, Darko Eršek, Dalibor Eršek, Ružica Eršek, Davor Eršek, Marinela Eršek, Željko Eršek, Sven Eršek, Boris Eršek, Jasna Eršek, Mario Eršek, Smilja Eršek, Ivica Eršek, Mirjana Eršek, Vladimir Eršek

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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