Surname Fabek in modern Croatia

Fabek families are Croats and they are mostly from Samobor. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Samobor and Zagreb. In Konšćica in Samobor every seventh inhabitant had the family name Fabek.

Prevalence

About 220 people with faimily name Fabek live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Samobor (55), Zapresic (35), Zagreb (30), Konscica (25), and in Sveti Martin Pod Okicem (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Fabek (including: Fabec , Fabeck and Fabech ) is present in 21 countries worldwide. The family name "Fabek " is used by some 60 people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Fabeck " is used by some 200 people in Germany , about 90 in Belgium , and some 70 people in the United States. "Fabec " is used by some 300 people in Brazil , about 200 in the United States , and some 60 people in Uganda.

Characteristic first names

Branimir Fabek, Dražen Fabek, Robert Fabek, Fina Fabek, Damir Fabek, Antun Fabek, Miroslav Fabek, Zlatko Fabek, Nevenko Fabek, Andreja Fabek, Martin Fabek, Hadžialić Fabek, Zvonimir Fabek, Goran Fabek, Želimir Fabek, Berislav Fabek, Ivica Fabek, Marica Fabek, Tomislav Fabek

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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