Furdek families are Croats and they are mostly from Duga Resa. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Karlovac.
Prevalence
About 100 people with faimily name Furdek live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Duga Resa (35), Karlovac (<10), Seketino Brdo (<10), and in Mihalic Selo (<10).
Outside Croatia
At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Canada (1), the United States (1), and to Argentina (1). Family name Furdek is present in 13 countries worldwide. The family name "Furdek " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 60 in Romania , and small number of people in Slovakia. "Furdeck " is used by small number of people in the United States.
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.
