Surname Gašparec in modern Croatia

Gašparec families are Croats and they are mostly from Vrbovca area. According to some sources they are from Strojic near Osilnica (Slovenia). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Vrbovec area.

Prevalence

About 180 people with faimily name Gašparec live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 250 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 26 other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Sesvete (20), Kutina (10), Djurdjevac (<10), and in Nedelisce in Cakovec area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gašparec (including: Gasparec , Gasparez ) is present in 10 countries on four continents. The family name "Gasparec " is used by some 200 people in Slovakia , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Czech Republic.

Characteristic first names

Franjo Gašparec, Nevenka Gašparec, Sonja Gašparec, Alen Gašparec, Marijan Gašparec, Slaven Gašparec, Ivan Gašparec, Tihana Gašparec, Dražen Gašparec, Marijana Gašparec, Marin Gašparec, Marija Gašparec, Stanko Gašparec, Zvonimir Gašparec, Katica Gašparec, Anđelko Gašparec, Snježana Gašparec, Verica Gašparec, Željko Gašparec

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1931 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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